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# pandas.api.types.is_string_dtype

pandas.api.types.is_string_dtype(arr_or_dtype)

  Check whether the provided array or dtype is of the string dtype.

  If an array is passed with an object dtype, the elements must be inferred as strings.

  Parameters:
    arr_or_dtype array-like or dtype

      The array or dtype to check.

  Returns:
    boolean

      Whether or not the array or dtype is of the string dtype.

  See also

  `api.types.is_object_dtype`

    Check whether an array-like or dtype is of the object dtype.

  Examples

      >>> from pandas.api.types import is_string_dtype
      >>> is_string_dtype(str)
      True
      >>> is_string_dtype(object)
      True
      >>> is_string_dtype(int)
      False
      >>> is_string_dtype(np.array(["a", "b"]))
      True
      >>> is_string_dtype(pd.Series([1, 2]))
      False
      >>> is_string_dtype(pd.Series([1, 2], dtype=object))
      False