pandas.CategoricalIndex.reorder_categories¶
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CategoricalIndex.reorder_categories(self, *args, **kwargs)[source]¶ Reorder categories as specified in new_categories.
new_categories need to include all old categories and no new category items.
- Parameters
- new_categoriesIndex-like
The categories in new order.
- orderedbool, optional
Whether or not the categorical is treated as a ordered categorical. If not given, do not change the ordered information.
- inplacebool, default False
Whether or not to reorder the categories inplace or return a copy of this categorical with reordered categories.
- Returns
- catCategorical with reordered categories or None if inplace.
- Raises
- ValueError
If the new categories do not contain all old category items or any new ones