@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Text data types
1313
1414There are two ways to store text data in pandas:
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16- 1. ``object `` - dtype NumPy array.
16+ 1. ``object `` dtype NumPy array.
17172. :class: `StringDtype ` extension type.
1818
1919We recommend using :class: `StringDtype ` to store text data.
@@ -40,20 +40,20 @@ to significantly increase the performance and lower the memory overhead of
4040 and parts of the API may change without warning.
4141
4242For backwards-compatibility, ``object `` dtype remains the default type we
43- infer a list of strings to
43+ infer a list of strings to:
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4545.. ipython :: python
4646
4747 pd.Series([" a" , " b" , " c" ])
4848
49- To explicitly request ``string `` dtype, specify the ``dtype ``
49+ To explicitly request ``string `` dtype, specify the ``dtype ``:
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5151.. ipython :: python
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5353 pd.Series([" a" , " b" , " c" ], dtype = " string" )
5454 pd.Series([" a" , " b" , " c" ], dtype = pd.StringDtype())
5555
56- Or ``astype `` after the ``Series `` or ``DataFrame `` is created
56+ Or ``astype `` after the ``Series `` or ``DataFrame `` is created:
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5858.. ipython :: python
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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Behavior differences
8888^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
8989
9090These are places where the behavior of ``StringDtype `` objects differ from
91- ``object `` dtype
91+ ``object `` dtype:
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9393l. For ``StringDtype ``, :ref: `string accessor methods<api.series.str> `
9494 that return **numeric ** output will always return a nullable integer dtype,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ l. For ``StringDtype``, :ref:`string accessor methods<api.series.str>`
102102 s.str.count(" a" )
103103 s.dropna().str.count(" a" )
104104
105- Both outputs are ``Int64 `` dtype. Compare that with object-dtype
105+ Both outputs are ``Int64 `` dtype. Compare that with object-dtype:
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