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ENH: function to automatically convert columns to categorical type if needed #22

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axelfahy opened this issue Aug 13, 2019 · 1 comment · Fixed by #26
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ENH: function to automatically convert columns to categorical type if needed #22

axelfahy opened this issue Aug 13, 2019 · 1 comment · Fixed by #26
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Add function to automatically cast the column to categorical type if it is memory efficient.
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rudolfhohn commented Aug 13, 2019 •
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Integrate into bff the function convert_df from: https://gist.github.com/rudolfhohn/f64d771a08d78201c9dd1d4571fd3e81#file-memory_optimization-py

Published in Medium article From Pandas-wan to Pandas-master

axelfahy pushed a commit that referenced this issue Aug 19, 2019
feat(cast_to_category_pd): add function to cast type to category
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If more memory efficient, the functions cast the type of the column to
category dtype.

Closes #22.
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feat(cast_to_category_pd): add function to cast type to category
454c3aa 
If more memory efficient, the functions cast the type of the column to
category dtype.

Closes #22.
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