pandas.core.categorical.Categorical.add_categories¶
- Categorical.add_categories(new_categories, inplace=False)¶
Add new categories.
new_categories will be included at the last/highest place in the categories and will be unused directly after this call.
Parameters : new_categories : category or list-like of category
The new categories to be included.
inplace : boolean (default: False)
Whether or not to add the categories inplace or return a copy of this categorical with added categories.
Returns : cat : Categorical with new categories added or None if inplace.
Raises : ValueError
If the new categories include old categories or do not validate as categories