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Write a Pandas program to change the data type of given a column or a Series

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Write a Pandas program to change the data type of given a column or a Series.

Sample Series:
Original Data Series:
0 100
1 200
2 python
3 300.12
4 400
dtype: object
Change the said data type to numeric:
0 100.00
1 200.00
2 NaN
3 300.12
4 400.00
dtype: float64

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hamza
2022-05-18
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import pandas as pd
s1 = pd.Series(['100', '200', 'python', '300.12', '400'])
print("Original Data Series:")
print(s1)
print("Change the said data type to numeric:")
s2 = pd.to_numeric(s1, errors='coerce')
print(s2)

Sample Output:

Original Data Series:
0       100
1       200
2    python
3    300.12
4       400
dtype: object
Change the said data type to numeric:
0    100.00
1    200.00
2       NaN
3    300.12
4    400.00
dtype: float64

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