ak.is_categorical

Defined in awkward.behaviors.categorical on line 116.

ak.is_categorical(array)

Parameters

array – A possibly-categorical Awkward Array.

If the array is categorical (contains ak.layout.IndexedArray or ak.layout.IndexedOptionArray labeled with parameter "__array__" = "categorical"), then this function returns True; otherwise, it returns False.

See also ak.categories, ak.to_categorical, ak.from_categorical.