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# pandas.api.types.is_object_dtype

pandas.api.types.is_object_dtype(arr_or_dtype)

  Check whether an array-like or dtype is of the object dtype.

  Parameters:
    arr_or_dtypearray-like or dtype

      The array-like or dtype to check.

  Returns:
    boolean

      Whether or not the array-like or dtype is of the object dtype.

  Examples

      >>> from pandas.api.types import is_object_dtype
      >>> is_object_dtype(object)
      True
      >>> is_object_dtype(int)
      False
      >>> is_object_dtype(np.array([], dtype=object))
      True
      >>> is_object_dtype(np.array([], dtype=int))
      False
      >>> is_object_dtype([1, 2, 3])
      False