Change column type in pandas
You have four main options for converting types in pandas: to_numeric() – provides functionality to safely convert non-numeric types (e.g. strings) to a suitable numeric type. (See also to_datetime() and to_timedelta().) astype() – convert (almost) any type to (almost) any other type (even if it’s not necessarily sensible to do so). Also allows you to convert to categorial types (very useful). infer_objects() – … Read more