pandas.Index.dtype

Index.dtype

Return the dtype object of the underlying data.

The dtype describes the type of elements stored in the Index, such as int64, float64, object, or an extension dtype.

See also

Index.inferred_type

Return a string of the type inferred from the values.

Examples

>>> idx = pd.Index([1, 2, 3])
>>> idx
Index([1, 2, 3], dtype='int64')
>>> idx.dtype
dtype('int64')