Convert Floats to Integers in a Pandas DataFrame

Let us see how to convert float to integer in a Pandas DataFrame. We will be using the astype() method to do this. It can also be done using the apply() method.

Method 1: Using DataFrame.astype() method

First of all we will create a DataFrame:

# importing the library
import pandas as pd

# creating a DataFrame
list = [['Anton Yelchin', 36, 75.2, 54280.20],
        ['Yul Brynner', 38, 74.32, 34280.30],
        ['Lev Gorn', 31, 70.56, 84280.50],
        ['Alexander Godunov', 34, 80.30, 44280.80],
        ['Oleg Taktarov', 40, 100.03, 45280.30],
        ['Dmitriy Pevtsov', 33, 72.99, 70280.25],
        ['Alexander Petrov', 42, 85.84, 25280.75]]
df = pd.DataFrame(list, columns =['Name', 'Age', 'Weight', 'Salary'])
display(df)

Output :

Example 1 : Converting one column from float to int using DataFrame.astype()

# displaying the datatypes
display(df.dtypes)

# converting 'Weight' from float to int
df['Weight'] = df['Weight'].astype(int)

# displaying the datatypes
display(df.dtypes)

Output :

Example 2: Converting more than one column from float to int using DataFrame.astype()

# displaying the datatypes
display(df.dtypes)

# converting 'Weight' and 'Salary' from float to int
df = df.astype({"Weight":'int', "Salary":'int'})

# displaying the datatypes
display(df.dtypes)

Output :

Method 2: Using DataFrame.apply() method

First of all we will create a DataFrame.

# importing the module
import pandas as pd

# creating a DataFrame
list = [[15, 2.5, 100.22], [20, 4.5, 50.21],
        [25, 5.2, 80.55], [45, 5.8, 48.86],
        [40, 6.3, 70.99], [41, 6.4, 90.25],
        [51, 2.3, 111.90]]
df = pd.DataFrame(list, columns = ['Field_1', 'Field_2', 'Field_3'],
                  index = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g'])
display(df)

Output :

Example 1: Converting a single column from float to int using DataFrame.apply(np.int64)

# importing the module
import numpy as np

# displaying the datatypes
display(df.dtypes)

# converting 'Field_2' from float to int
df['Field_2'] = df['Field_2'].apply(np.int64)

# displaying the datatypes
display(df.dtypes)

Output :

Example 2: Converting multiple columns from float to int using DataFrame.apply(np.int64)

# displaying the datatypes
display(df.dtypes)

# converting 'Field_2' and 'Field_3' from float to int
df['Field_2'] = df['Field_2'].apply(np.int64)
df['Field_3'] = df['Field_3'].apply(np.int64)

# displaying the datatypes
display(df.dtypes)

Output :