pandas.api.types.is_string_dtype
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pandas.api.types.is_string_dtype(arr_or_dtype)
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Check whether the provided array or dtype is of the string dtype.
Parameters: arr_or_dtype : array-like
The array or dtype to check.
Returns: -
boolean : Whether or not the array or dtype is of the string dtype.
Examples
>>> is_string_dtype(str) True >>> is_string_dtype(object) True >>> is_string_dtype(int) False >>> >>> is_string_dtype(np.array(['a', 'b'])) True >>> is_string_dtype(pd.Series([1, 2])) False
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