pandas.api.types.is_dict_like

pandas.api.types.is_dict_like(obj)

Check if the object is dict-like.

Parameters:

objobject

The object to check. This can be any Python object, and the function will determine whether it behaves like a dictionary.

Returns:

bool

Whether obj has dict-like properties.

See also

api.types.is_list_like

Check if the object is list-like.

api.types.is_file_like

Check if the object is a file-like.

api.types.is_named_tuple

Check if the object is a named tuple.

Examples

>>> from pandas.api.types import is_dict_like
>>> is_dict_like({1: 2})
True
>>> is_dict_like([1, 2, 3])
False
>>> is_dict_like(dict)
False
>>> is_dict_like(dict())
True