pandas.arrays.IntegerArray.astype

IntegerArray.astype(dtype, copy=True)[source]

Cast to a NumPy array or IntegerArray with ‘dtype’.

Parameters:
dtype : str or dtype

Typecode or data-type to which the array is cast.

copy : bool, default True

Whether to copy the data, even if not necessary. If False, a copy is made only if the old dtype does not match the new dtype.

Returns:
array : ndarray or IntegerArray

NumPy ndarray or IntergerArray with ‘dtype’ for its dtype.

Raises:
TypeError

if incompatible type with an IntegerDtype, equivalent of same_kind casting

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