convert pandas column to text code example

Example 1: pandas change column to a string

total_rows['ColumnID'] = total_rows['ColumnID'].astype(str)

Example 2: pandas dataframe froms string

import sys
if sys.version_info[0] < 3: 
    from StringIO import StringIO
else:
    from io import StringIO

import pandas as pd

TESTDATA = StringIO("""col1;col2;col3
    1;4.4;99
    2;4.5;200
    3;4.7;65
    4;3.2;140
    """)

df = pd.read_csv(TESTDATA, sep=";")