cudf.Series.astype#

Series.astype(dtype, copy: bool = False, errors: Literal['raise', 'ignore'] = 'raise')#

Cast the object to the given dtype.

Parameters:

dtypedata type, or dict of column name -> data type

Use a numpy.dtype or Python type to cast entire DataFrame object to the same type. Alternatively, use {col: dtype, ...}, where col is a column label and dtype is a numpy.dtype or Python type to cast one or more of the DataFrame’s columns to column-specific types.

copybool, default False

Return a deep-copy when copy=True. Note by default copy=False setting is used and hence changes to values then may propagate to other cudf objects.

errors{‘raise’, ‘ignore’, ‘warn’}, default ‘raise’

Control raising of exceptions on invalid data for provided dtype.

raise : allow exceptions to be raised
ignore : suppress exceptions. On error return original object.

Returns:

DataFrame/Series

Examples

DataFrame

>>> import cudf
>>> df = cudf.DataFrame({'a': [10, 20, 30], 'b': [1, 2, 3]})
>>> df
    a  b
0  10  1
1  20  2
2  30  3
>>> df.dtypes
a    int64
b    int64
dtype: object

Cast all columns to int32:

>>> df.astype('int32').dtypes
a    int32
b    int32
dtype: object

Cast a to float32 using a dictionary:

>>> df.astype({'a': 'float32'}).dtypes
a    float32
b      int64
dtype: object
>>> df.astype({'a': 'float32'})
      a  b
0  10.0  1
1  20.0  2
2  30.0  3

Series

>>> import cudf
>>> series = cudf.Series([1, 2], dtype='int32')
>>> series
0    1
1    2
dtype: int32
>>> series.astype('int64')
0    1
1    2
dtype: int64

Convert to categorical type:

>>> series.astype('category')
0    1
1    2
dtype: category
Categories (2, int64): [1, 2]

Convert to ordered categorical type with custom ordering:

>>> cat_dtype = cudf.CategoricalDtype(categories=[2, 1], ordered=True)
>>> series.astype(cat_dtype)
0    1
1    2
dtype: category
Categories (2, int64): [2 < 1]

Note that using copy=False (enabled by default) and changing data on a new Series will propagate changes:

>>> s1 = cudf.Series([1, 2])
>>> s1
0    1
1    2
dtype: int64
>>> s2 = s1.astype('int64', copy=False)
>>> s2[0] = 10
>>> s1
0    10
1     2
dtype: int64