pandas.Categorical.as_ordered — pandas 3.0.0.dev0+2098.g9c5b9ee823 documentation (original) (raw)

Categorical.as_ordered()[source]#

Set the Categorical to be ordered.

Returns:

Categorical

Ordered Categorical.

Examples

For pandas.Series:

ser = pd.Series(["a", "b", "c", "a"], dtype="category") ser.cat.ordered False ser = ser.cat.as_ordered() ser.cat.ordered True

For pandas.CategoricalIndex:

ci = pd.CategoricalIndex(["a", "b", "c", "a"]) ci.ordered False ci = ci.as_ordered() ci.ordered True