change datatype from string object to category pandas code example
Example 1: using df.astype to select categorical data and numerical data
df = pd.DataFrame({'vertebrates': ['Bird', 'Bird', 'Mammal', 'Fish', 'Amphibian', 'Reptile', 'Mammal']})
df.vertebrates.astype("category").cat.codes
Example 2: how to make a column a factor in pandas
df['col_name'] = df['col_name'].astype('category')