pandas.Series.cat.as_ordered

Series.cat.as_ordered(*args, **kwargs)

Set the Categorical to be ordered.

Parameters

inplacebool, default False

Whether or not to set the ordered attribute in-place or return a copy of this categorical with ordered set to True.

Deprecated since version 1.5.0.

Returns

Categorical or None

Ordered Categorical or None if inplace=True.