pandas.api.types.is_complex_dtype

pandas.api.types.is_complex_dtype(arr_or_dtype) [source]

Check whether the provided array or dtype is of a complex dtype.

Parameters:

arr_or_dtype : array-like

The array or dtype to check.

Returns:
boolean : Whether or not the array or dtype is of a compex dtype.

Examples

>>> is_complex_dtype(str)
False
>>> is_complex_dtype(int)
False
>>> is_complex_dtype(np.complex)
True
>>> is_complex_dtype(np.array(['a', 'b']))
False
>>> is_complex_dtype(pd.Series([1, 2]))
False
>>> is_complex_dtype(np.array([1 + 1j, 5]))
True

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