pandas.CategoricalIndex.as_unordered#

CategoricalIndex.as_unordered(*args, **kwargs)[source]#

Set the Categorical to be unordered.

Returns:

Categorical: Unordered Categorical.

Examples

For pandas.Series:

>>> raw_cat = pd.Categorical(['a', 'b', 'c', 'a'], ordered=True)
>>> ser = pd.Series(raw_cat)
>>> ser.cat.ordered
True
>>> ser = ser.cat.as_unordered()
>>> ser.cat.ordered
False

For pandas.CategoricalIndex:

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