pandas.Categorical.__array__#
- Categorical.__array__(dtype=None, copy=None)[source]#
The numpy array interface.
- Returns:
- numpy.array
A numpy array of either the specified dtype or, if dtype==None (default), the same dtype as categorical.categories.dtype.
Examples
>>> cat = pd.Categorical(['a', 'b'], ordered=True)
The following calls
cat.__array__
>>> np.asarray(cat) array(['a', 'b'], dtype=object)