Fixing a data type
We saw in the previous exercise that the is_arrested column currently has the object data type. In this exercise, we'll change the data type to bool, which is the most suitable type for a column containing True and False values.
Fixing the data type will enable us to use mathematical operations on the is_arrested column that would not be possible otherwise.
Diese Übung ist Teil des Kurses
Analyzing Police Activity with pandas
Anleitung zur Übung
- Examine the head of the
is_arrestedcolumn to verify that it containsTrueandFalsevalues and to check the column's data type. - Use the
.astype()method to convertis_arrestedto aboolcolumn. - Check the new data type of
is_arrestedto confirm that it is now aboolcolumn.
Interaktive Übung
Vervollständige den Beispielcode, um diese Übung erfolgreich abzuschließen.
# Examine the head of the 'is_arrested' column
print(ri.is_arrested.____)
# Change the data type of 'is_arrested' to 'bool'
ri['is_arrested'] = ri.is_arrested.____
# Check the data type of 'is_arrested'
print(____)