pandas.api.types.is_string_dtype(arr_or_dtype) [source]
Check whether the provided array or dtype is of the string dtype.
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arr_or_dtype : array-like The array or dtype to check. |
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>>> 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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