pandas.Series.cat.remove_categories
- Series.cat.remove_categories(*args, **kwargs)[source]
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Remove the specified categories.
removals must be included in the old categories. Values which were in the removed categories will be set to NaN
- Parameters
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- removals:category or list of categories
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The categories which should be removed.
- inplace:bool, default False
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Whether or not to remove the categories inplace or return a copy of this categorical with removed categories.
Deprecated since version 1.3.0.
- Returns
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- cat:Categorical or None
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Categorical with removed categories or None if
inplace=True.
- Raises
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- ValueError
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If the removals are not contained in the categories
See also
rename_categories-
Rename categories.
reorder_categories-
Reorder categories.
add_categories-
Add new categories.
remove_unused_categories-
Remove categories which are not used.
set_categories-
Set the categories to the specified ones.
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https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/1.3.4/reference/api/pandas.Series.cat.remove_categories.html