hipdf.Index.is_object

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Applies to Linux

Index.is_object()

Check if the Index is of the object dtype.

Deprecated since version 23.04: Use cudf.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. is_integer : Check if the Index only consists of integers. is_floating : Check if the Index is a floating type. is_numeric : Check if the Index only consists of numeric data. is_categorical : Check if the Index holds categorical data. is_interval : Check if the Index holds Interval objects.

Examples

>>> import cudf
>>> idx = cudf.Index(["Apple", "Mango", "Watermelon"])
>>> idx.is_object()
True
>>> idx = cudf.Index(["Watermelon", "Orange", "Apple",
...                 "Watermelon"]).astype("category")
>>> idx.is_object()
False
>>> idx = cudf.Index([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0])
>>> idx.is_object()
False