pandas, convert column from object to float code example

Example 1: pandas change to numeric

>>> s = pd.Series(["8", 6, "7.5", 3, "0.9"]) # mixed string and numeric values
>>> s
0      8
1      6
2    7.5
3      3
4    0.9
dtype: object

>>> pd.to_numeric(s) # convert everything to float values
0    8.0
1    6.0
2    7.5
3    3.0
4    0.9
dtype: float64

Example 2: set column datatype pandas

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