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# pandas.api.types.is_categorical_dtype

pandas.api.types.is_categorical_dtype(arr_or_dtype)

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

  Deprecated since version 2.2.0: Use isinstance(dtype, pd.CategoricalDtype) instead.

  Parameters:
    arr_or_dtype array-like or dtype

      The array-like or dtype to check.

  Returns:
    boolean

      Whether or not the array-like or dtype is of the Categorical dtype.

  See also

  `api.types.is_list_like`

    Check if the object is list-like.

  `api.types.is_complex_dtype`

    Check whether the provided array or dtype is of a complex dtype.

  Examples

      >>> from pandas.api.types import is_categorical_dtype
      >>> from pandas import CategoricalDtype
      >>> is_categorical_dtype(object)
      False
      >>> is_categorical_dtype(CategoricalDtype())
      True
      >>> is_categorical_dtype([1, 2, 3])
      False
      >>> is_categorical_dtype(pd.Categorical([1, 2, 3]))
      True
      >>> is_categorical_dtype(pd.CategoricalIndex([1, 2, 3]))
      True