change column type python code example

Example 1: convert column to numeric pandas

# convert all columns of DataFrame
df = df.apply(pd.to_numeric) # convert all columns of DataFrame

# convert just columns "a" and "b"
df[["a", "b"]] = df[["a", "b"]].apply(pd.to_numeric)

Example 2: change dataframe column type

>>> df.astype({'col1': 'int32'}).dtypes
col1    int32
col2    int64
dtype: object

Example 3: set type of column pandas

df.astype(int)

Example 4: set column datatype pandas

df = pd.read_csv("weather.tsv", sep="\t",  
                 dtype={'Day': str,'Wind':int64})
df.dtypes