Converting a column type
If you take a look at the volunteer
dataset types, you'll see that the column hits
is type object
. But, if you actually look at the column, you'll see that it consists of integers. Let's convert that column to type int
.
This exercise is part of the course
Preprocessing for Machine Learning in Python
Exercise instructions
- Take a look at the
.head()
of thehits
column. - Convert the
hits
column to typeint
. - Take a look at the
.dtypes
of the dataset again, and notice that the column type has changed.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Print the head of the hits column
print(volunteer["hits"].____)
# Convert the hits column to type int
volunteer["hits"] = ____
# Look at the dtypes of the dataset
print(volunteer.____)