pandas.CategoricalIndex.remove_categories¶

CategoricalIndex.remove_categories(*args, **kwargs)[source]¶

Remove the specified categories.

removals must be included in the old categories. Values which were in the removed categories will be set to NaN

Parameters

removalscategory or list of categories: The categories which should be removed.
inplacebool, default False: Whether or not to remove the categories inplace or return a copy of this categorical with removed categories.

Returns

catCategorical or None: Categorical with removed categories or None if inplace=True.

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