pandas.Index.is_object — pandas 2.2.3 documentation (original) (raw)

final Index.is_object()[source]#

Check if the Index is of the object dtype.

Deprecated since version 2.0.0: Use pandas.api.types.is_object_dtype instead.

Returns:

bool

Whether or not the Index is of the object dtype.

See also

is_boolean

Check if the Index only consists of booleans (deprecated).

is_integer

Check if the Index only consists of integers (deprecated).

is_floating

Check if the Index is a floating type (deprecated).

is_numeric

Check if the Index only consists of numeric data (deprecated).

is_categorical

Check if the Index holds categorical data (deprecated).

is_interval

Check if the Index holds Interval objects (deprecated).

Examples

idx = pd.Index(["Apple", "Mango", "Watermelon"]) idx.is_object()
True

idx = pd.Index(["Apple", "Mango", 2.0]) idx.is_object()
True

idx = pd.Index(["Watermelon", "Orange", "Apple", ... "Watermelon"]).astype("category") idx.is_object()
False

idx = pd.Index([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]) idx.is_object()
False