pandas.CategoricalIndex.remove_categories¶
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CategoricalIndex.
remove_categories
(*args, **kwargs)[source]¶ Remove the specified categories.
removals must be included in the old categories. Values which were in the removed categories will be set to NaN
- Parameters
removals : category or list of categories
The categories which should be removed.
inplace : bool, default False
Whether or not to remove the categories inplace or return a copy of this categorical with removed categories.
- Returns
cat : Categorical with removed categories or None if inplace.
- Raises
ValueError
If the removals are not contained in the categories