Check if the Index is of the object dtype.
Deprecated since version 2.0.0: Use pandas.api.types.is_object_dtype instead.
Whether or not the Index is of the object dtype.
See also
is_booleanCheck if the Index only consists of booleans (deprecated).
is_integerCheck if the Index only consists of integers (deprecated).
is_floatingCheck if the Index is a floating type (deprecated).
is_numericCheck if the Index only consists of numeric data (deprecated).
is_categoricalCheck if the Index holds categorical data (deprecated).
is_intervalCheck if the Index holds Interval objects (deprecated).
Examples
>>> idx = pd.Index(["Apple", "Mango", "Watermelon"])
>>> idx.is_object()
True
>>> idx = pd.Index(["Apple", "Mango", 2.0])
>>> idx.is_object()
True
>>> idx = pd.Index(["Watermelon", "Orange", "Apple",
... "Watermelon"]).astype("category")
>>> idx.is_object()
False
>>> idx = pd.Index([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0])
>>> idx.is_object()
False
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