How to convert dataframe into float type?

Asked Mar 30 '21 at 06:34

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I am trying to convert a pandas dataframe column into a float type. I have tried following snippet

m_df = pd.read_csv(input_file,nrows=1,header=None,skiprows=4)
m1=m_df.ix[:,1:1]

This snippet just returns me the number in first column. How can I turn it into float?

[I am new to python/numpy]

edited Mar 30 '21 at 06:35

ernest_k

asked Mar 30 '21 at 06:34

Joker

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make use of `astype()` method...i.e `m_df['ix']=m_df['ix'].astype(float)` or `m1=m_df.ix[:,1:1].astype(float)` – Anurag Dabas Mar 30 '21 at 06:37
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[This post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15891038/change-column-type-in-pandas) might be helpful too. – Ryan Sander Mar 30 '21 at 17:06

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