pandas.CategoricalDtype.ordered#

property CategoricalDtype.ordered[source]#

Whether the categories have an ordered relationship.

When True, comparison operations on the resulting Categorical are valid and sort in the order of the categories.

See also

categories

An Index containing the unique categories allowed.

Examples

>>> cat_type = pd.CategoricalDtype(categories=["a", "b"], ordered=True)
>>> cat_type.ordered
True

>>> cat_type = pd.CategoricalDtype(categories=["a", "b"], ordered=False)
>>> cat_type.ordered
False