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# pandas.api.types.pandas_dtype

pandas.api.types.pandas_dtype(dtype)

  Convert input into a pandas only dtype object or a numpy dtype object.

  Parameters:
    dtype object

      The object to be converted into a dtype.

  Returns:
    np.dtype or a pandas dtype

      The converted dtype, which can be either a numpy dtype or a pandas dtype.

  Raises:
    TypeError if not a dtype

  See also

  `api.types.is_dtype`

    Return true if the condition is satisfied for the arr_or_dtype.

  Examples

      >>> pd.api.types.pandas_dtype(int)
      dtype('int64')