pandas.CategoricalIndex.remove_categories¶
- CategoricalIndex.remove_categories(*args, **kwargs)¶
Removes the specified categories.
removals must be included in the old categories. Values which were in the removed categories will be set to NaN
Parameters: removals : category or list of categories
The categories which should be removed.
inplace : boolean (default: False)
Whether or not to remove the categories inplace or return a copy of this categorical with removed categories.
Returns: cat : Categorical with removed categories or None if inplace.
Raises: ValueError
If the removals are not contained in the categories