pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.dtype#

property ExtensionArray.dtype[source]#

An instance of ExtensionDtype.

This property returns the dtype object associated with this ExtensionArray. The dtype describes the type of data stored in the array.

See also

api.extensions.ExtensionDtype: Base class for extension dtypes.
api.extensions.ExtensionArray: Base class for extension array types.
api.extensions.ExtensionArray.dtype: The dtype of an ExtensionArray.
Series.dtype: The dtype of a Series.
DataFrame.dtype: The dtype of a DataFrame.

Examples

>>> pd.array([1, 2, 3]).dtype
Int64Dtype()