pandas.StringDtype#

classpandas.StringDtype(storage=None,na_value=<NA>)[source]#

Extension dtype for string data.

Warning

StringDtype is considered experimental. The implementation andparts of the API may change without warning.

Parameters:

storage{“python”, “pyarrow”}, optional

If not given, the value ofpd.options.mode.string_storage.

na_value{np.nan, pd.NA}, default pd.NA

Whether the dtype follows NaN or NA missing value semantics.

Attributes

None

Methods

None

Examples

>>>pd.StringDtype()string[python]

>>>pd.StringDtype(storage="pyarrow")string[pyarrow]