问题
How do I convert a single column of a pandas dataframe to type string? In the df of housing data below I need to convert zipcode to string so that when I run linear regression, zipcode is treated as categorical and not numeric. Thanks!
df = pd.DataFrame({'zipcode': {17384: 98125, 2680: 98107, 722: 98005, 18754: 98109, 14554: 98155}, 'bathrooms': {17384: 1.5, 2680: 0.75, 722: 3.25, 18754: 1.0, 14554: 2.5}, 'sqft_lot': {17384: 1650, 2680: 3700, 722: 51836, 18754: 2640, 14554: 9603}, 'bedrooms': {17384: 2, 2680: 2, 722: 4, 18754: 2, 14554: 4}, 'sqft_living': {17384: 1430, 2680: 1440, 722: 4670, 18754: 1130, 14554: 3180}, 'floors': {17384: 3.0, 2680: 1.0, 722: 2.0, 18754: 1.0, 14554: 2.0}})
print (df)
bathrooms bedrooms floors sqft_living sqft_lot zipcode
722 3.25 4 2.0 4670 51836 98005
2680 0.75 2 1.0 1440 3700 98107
14554 2.50 4 2.0 3180 9603 98155
17384 1.50 2 3.0 1430 1650 98125
18754 1.00 2 1.0 1130 2640 98109
回答1:
You need astype:
df['zipcode'] = df.zipcode.astype(str)
#df.zipcode = df.zipcode.astype(str)
For converting to categorical:
df['zipcode'] = df.zipcode.astype('category')
#df.zipcode = df.zipcode.astype('category')
Another solution is Categorical:
df['zipcode'] = pd.Categorical(df.zipcode)
Sample with data:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({'zipcode': {17384: 98125, 2680: 98107, 722: 98005, 18754: 98109, 14554: 98155}, 'bathrooms': {17384: 1.5, 2680: 0.75, 722: 3.25, 18754: 1.0, 14554: 2.5}, 'sqft_lot': {17384: 1650, 2680: 3700, 722: 51836, 18754: 2640, 14554: 9603}, 'bedrooms': {17384: 2, 2680: 2, 722: 4, 18754: 2, 14554: 4}, 'sqft_living': {17384: 1430, 2680: 1440, 722: 4670, 18754: 1130, 14554: 3180}, 'floors': {17384: 3.0, 2680: 1.0, 722: 2.0, 18754: 1.0, 14554: 2.0}})
print (df)
bathrooms bedrooms floors sqft_living sqft_lot zipcode
722 3.25 4 2.0 4670 51836 98005
2680 0.75 2 1.0 1440 3700 98107
14554 2.50 4 2.0 3180 9603 98155
17384 1.50 2 3.0 1430 1650 98125
18754 1.00 2 1.0 1130 2640 98109
print (df.dtypes)
bathrooms float64
bedrooms int64
floors float64
sqft_living int64
sqft_lot int64
zipcode int64
dtype: object
df['zipcode'] = df.zipcode.astype('category')
print (df)
bathrooms bedrooms floors sqft_living sqft_lot zipcode
722 3.25 4 2.0 4670 51836 98005
2680 0.75 2 1.0 1440 3700 98107
14554 2.50 4 2.0 3180 9603 98155
17384 1.50 2 3.0 1430 1650 98125
18754 1.00 2 1.0 1130 2640 98109
print (df.dtypes)
bathrooms float64
bedrooms int64
floors float64
sqft_living int64
sqft_lot int64
zipcode category
dtype: object
回答2:
To convert a column into a string type (that will be an object column per se in pandas), use astype:
df.zipcode = zipcode.astype(str)
If you want to get a Categorical column, you can pass the parameter 'category' to the function:
df.zipcode = zipcode.astype('category')
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39092067/pandas-dataframe-convert-column-type-to-string-or-categorical