pandas.api.types.is_number

pandas.api.types.is_number(obj) [source]

Check if the object is a number.

Returns True when the object is a number, and False if is not.

Parameters:	obj : any type The object to check if is a number.
Returns:	is_number : bool Whether obj is a number or not.

See also

pandas.api.types.is_integer

checks a subgroup of numbers

Examples

>>> pd.api.types.is_number(1)
True
>>> pd.api.types.is_number(7.15)
True

Booleans are valid because they are int subclass.

>>> pd.api.types.is_number(False)
True

>>> pd.api.types.is_number("foo")
False
>>> pd.api.types.is_number("5")
False