ENH: get_dtype_counts publicized and added dtypes property

RELEASE.rst

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ pandas 0.4.1
 
 This is a bug fix release
 
+**New features / modules**
+
+  - Added new `DataFrame` methods `get_dtype_counts` and property `dtypes`
+
 **Bug fixes**
 
   - Fixed DataFrame constructor bug causing downstream problems (e.g. .copy()

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -648,19 +648,23 @@ def info(self, verbose=True, buf=None):
                                       % (_stringify(cols[0]),
                                          _stringify(cols[-1])))
 
-        counts = self._get_dtype_counts()
+        counts = self.get_dtype_counts()
         dtypes = ['%s(%d)' % k for k in sorted(counts.iteritems())]
         buf.write(u'dtypes: %s' % ', '.join(dtypes))
 
-    def _get_dtype_counts(self):
+    @property
+    def dtypes(self):
+        return self.apply(lambda x: x.dtype)
+
+    def get_dtype_counts(self):
         counts = {}
         for _, series in self.iteritems():
             if series.dtype in counts:
                 counts[series.dtype] += 1
             else:
                 counts[series.dtype] = 1
 
-        return counts
+        return Series(counts)
 
     #----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # properties for index and columns

pandas/tests/test_frame.py

@@ -1543,6 +1543,12 @@ def test_info(self):
         self.frame.info(buf=io)
         self.tsframe.info(buf=io)
 
+    def test_dtypes(self):
+        self.mixed_frame['bool'] = self.mixed_frame['A'] > 0
+        result = self.mixed_frame.dtypes
+        expected = self.mixed_frame.dtypes
+        assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
     def test_append(self):
         begin_index = self.frame.index[:5]
         end_index = self.frame.index[5:]