databricks.koalas.Series.astype

Series.astype(dtype) → databricks.koalas.series.Series[source]

Cast a Koalas object to a specified dtype dtype.

Parameters
dtypedata type

Use a numpy.dtype or Python type to cast entire pandas object to the same type.

Returns
castedsame type as caller

See also

to_datetime

Convert argument to datetime.

Examples

>>> ser = ks.Series([1, 2], dtype='int32')
>>> ser
0    1
1    2
Name: 0, dtype: int32
>>> ser.astype('int64')
0    1
1    2
Name: 0, dtype: int64