pandas.CategoricalDtype.categories#

property CategoricalDtype.categories[source]#

An Index containing the unique categories allowed.

If no categories were explicitly provided at construction time, this will be None until the CategoricalDtype is attached to actual data.

See also

ordered

Whether the categories have an ordered relationship.

Examples

>>> cat_type = pd.CategoricalDtype(categories=["a", "b"], ordered=True)
>>> cat_type.categories
Index(['a', 'b'], dtype='str')