Stop Pandas from converting int to float

Question

I have a DataFrame. Two relevant columns are the following: one is a column of int and another is a column of str.

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Answer 1

As of pandas 1.0.0 I believe you have another option, which is to first use convert_dtypes. This converts the dataframe columns to dtypes that support pd.NA, avoiding the issues with NaN/None.

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df = df.convert_dtypes()
df.loc[1] = [1, None]
print(df)

#   int   str
# 0   0  zero
# 1   1  NaN

Answer 2

If you set dtype=object, your series will be able to contain arbitrary data types:

df["int"] = pd.Series([], dtype=object)
df["str"] = pd.Series([], dtype=str)
df.loc[0] = [0, "zero"]
print(df)
print()
df.loc[1] = [1, None]
print(df)

   int   str
0    0  zero
1  NaN   NaN

  int   str
0   0  zero
1   1  None

Answer 3

If you use DataFrame.append to add the data, the dtypes are preserved, and you do not have to recast or rely on object:

In [157]: df
Out[157]:
   int   str
0    0  zero

In [159]: df.append(pd.DataFrame([[1, None]], columns=['int', 'str']), ignore_index=True)
Out[159]:
   int   str
0    0  zero
1    1  None