dask.dataframe.Series.cat.as_unordered

dataframe.Series.cat.as_unordered() → Self

Set the Categorical to be unordered.

This docstring was copied from pandas.core.arrays.categorical.CategoricalAccessor.as_unordered.

Some inconsistencies with the Dask version may exist.

Returns:

Categorical

Unordered Categorical.

See also

as_ordered

Set the Categorical to be ordered.

Examples

For pandas.Series:

>>> raw_cat = pd.Categorical(["a", "b", "c", "a"], ordered=True)
>>> ser = pd.Series(raw_cat)
>>> ser.cat.ordered
True
>>> ser = ser.cat.as_unordered()
>>> ser.cat.ordered
False

For pandas.CategoricalIndex:

>>> ci = pd.CategoricalIndex(["a", "b", "c", "a"], ordered=True)
>>> ci.ordered
True
>>> ci = ci.as_unordered()
>>> ci.ordered
False