pandas.api.types.pandas_dtype

pandas.api.types.pandas_dtype(dtype)

Convert input into a pandas only dtype object or a numpy dtype object.

Parameters:

dtypeobject

The object to be converted into a dtype.

Returns:

np.dtype or a pandas dtype

The converted dtype, which can be either a numpy dtype or a pandas dtype.

Raises:

TypeError if not a dtype

See also

api.types.is_dtype

Return true if the condition is satisfied for the arr_or_dtype.

Examples

>>> pd.api.types.pandas_dtype(int)
dtype('int64')