pandas.api.types.is_scalar — pandas 2.2.3 documentation (original) (raw)

pandas.api.types.is_scalar(val)#

Return True if given object is scalar.

Parameters:

valobject

This includes:

• numpy array scalar (e.g. np.int64)
• Python builtin numerics
• Python builtin byte arrays and strings
• None
• datetime.datetime
• datetime.timedelta
• Period
• decimal.Decimal
• Interval
• DateOffset
• Fraction
• Number.

Returns:

bool

Return True if given object is scalar.

Examples

import datetime dt = datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 3) pd.api.types.is_scalar(dt) True

pd.api.types.is_scalar([2, 3]) False

pd.api.types.is_scalar({0: 1, 2: 3}) False

pd.api.types.is_scalar((0, 2)) False

pandas supports PEP 3141 numbers:

from fractions import Fraction pd.api.types.is_scalar(Fraction(3, 5)) True