pandas.StringDtype

class pandas.StringDtype(storage=None, na_value=<NA>)

Extension dtype for string data.

Warning

StringDtype is considered experimental. The implementation and parts of the API may change without warning.

Parameters:

storage{“python”, “pyarrow”}, optional

If not given, the value of pd.options.mode.string_storage.

na_value{np.nan, pd.NA}, default pd.NA

Whether the dtype follows NaN or NA missing value semantics.

Attributes

None

Methods

None

See also

BooleanDtype

Extension dtype for boolean data.

Examples

>>> pd.StringDtype()
<StringDtype(storage='python', na_value=<NA>)>

>>> pd.StringDtype(storage="pyarrow")
<StringDtype(na_value=<NA>)>