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pandas.api.types.is_numeric_dtype

pandas.api.types.is_numeric_dtype(arr_or_dtype)[source]

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

Parameters:

arr_or_dtype : array-like

The array or dtype to check.

Returns:
boolean : Whether or not the array or dtype is of a numeric dtype.

Examples

>>> is_numeric_dtype(str)
False
>>> is_numeric_dtype(int)
True
>>> is_numeric_dtype(float)
True
>>> is_numeric_dtype(np.uint64)
True
>>> is_numeric_dtype(np.datetime64)
False
>>> is_numeric_dtype(np.timedelta64)
False
>>> is_numeric_dtype(np.array(['a', 'b']))
False
>>> is_numeric_dtype(pd.Series([1, 2]))
True
>>> is_numeric_dtype(pd.Index([1, 2.]))
True
>>> is_numeric_dtype(np.array([], dtype=np.timedelta64))
False
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