pandas.DataFrame.infer_objects¶
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DataFrame.infer_objects()[source]¶ Attempt to infer better dtypes for object columns.
Attempts soft conversion of object-dtyped columns, leaving non-object and unconvertible columns unchanged. The inference rules are the same as during normal Series/DataFrame construction.
New in version 0.21.0.
Returns: - converted : same type as input object
See also
pandas.to_datetime- Convert argument to datetime.
pandas.to_timedelta- Convert argument to timedelta.
pandas.to_numeric- Convert argument to numeric typeR
Examples
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": ["a", 1, 2, 3]}) >>> df = df.iloc[1:] >>> df A 1 1 2 2 3 3
>>> df.dtypes A object dtype: object
>>> df.infer_objects().dtypes A int64 dtype: object