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pandas.DataFrame.astype

DataFrame.astype(dtype, copy=True, raise_on_error=True, **kwargs)[source]

Cast object to input numpy.dtype Return a copy when copy = True (be really careful with this!)

Parameters:

dtype : data type, or dict of column name -> data type

Use a numpy.dtype or Python type to cast entire pandas object to the same type. Alternatively, use {col: dtype, ...}, where col is a column label and dtype is a numpy.dtype or Python type to cast one or more of the DataFrame’s columns to column-specific types.

raise_on_error : raise on invalid input

kwargs : keyword arguments to pass on to the constructor

Returns:

casted : type of caller

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