pandas.util.hash_pandas_object¶
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pandas.util.
hash_pandas_object
(obj, index=True, encoding='utf8', hash_key=None, categorize=True)[source]¶ Return a data hash of the Index/Series/DataFrame
New in version 0.19.2.
Parameters: - index : boolean, default True
include the index in the hash (if Series/DataFrame)
- encoding : string, default ‘utf8’
encoding for data & key when strings
- hash_key : string key to encode, default to _default_hash_key
- categorize : bool, default True
Whether to first categorize object arrays before hashing. This is more efficient when the array contains duplicate values.
New in version 0.20.0.
Returns: - Series of uint64, same length as the object