pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.repeat¶

ExtensionArray.repeat(self, repeats, axis=None)[source]¶

Repeat elements of a ExtensionArray.

Returns a new ExtensionArray where each element of the current ExtensionArray is repeated consecutively a given number of times.

Parameters

repeatsint or array of ints: The number of repetitions for each element. This should be a non-negative integer. Repeating 0 times will return an empty ExtensionArray.
axisNone: Must be None. Has no effect but is accepted for compatibility with numpy.

Returns

repeated_arrayExtensionArray: Newly created ExtensionArray with repeated elements.

See also

Series.repeat: Equivalent function for Series.
Index.repeat: Equivalent function for Index.
numpy.repeat: Similar method for numpy.ndarray.
ExtensionArray.take: Take arbitrary positions.

Examples

>>> cat = pd.Categorical(['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> cat
[a, b, c]
Categories (3, object): [a, b, c]
>>> cat.repeat(2)
[a, a, b, b, c, c]
Categories (3, object): [a, b, c]
>>> cat.repeat([1, 2, 3])
[a, b, b, c, c, c]
Categories (3, object): [a, b, c]