pandas.CategoricalIndex.as_unordered#

CategoricalIndex.as_unordered()[source]#

Set the CategoricalIndex to be unordered.

This method returns a new CategoricalIndex with the ordered attribute set to False, disabling comparison operations between categories.

Returns:
CategoricalIndex

Unordered CategoricalIndex.

See also

CategoricalIndex.as_ordered

Set the CategoricalIndex to be ordered.

Examples

>>> ci = pd.CategoricalIndex(["a", "b", "c", "a"], ordered=True)
>>> ci.ordered
True
>>> ci = ci.as_unordered()
>>> ci.ordered
False