Python | Pandas TimedeltaIndex.to_native_types()

Python is a great language for doing data analysis, primarily because of the fantastic ecosystem of data-centric python packages. Pandas is one of those packages and makes importing and analyzing data much easier.

Pandas TimedeltaIndex.to_native_types() function format the specified values of self (TimedeltaIndex object) and return the object in its native format.

Syntax : TimedeltaIndex.to_native_types(slicer=None, **kwargs)

Parameters :
slicer : An indexer into self that specifies which values are used in the formatting process.(int, array-like)
kwargs : Options for specifying how the values should be formatted.(dict)

Return : Array object

Example #1: Use TimedeltaIndex.to_native_types() function to format the given TimedeltaIndex object to its native format.

# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd

# Create the TimedeltaIndex object
tidx = pd.TimedeltaIndex(data=['06:05:01.000030','+23:59:59.999999',
                        '22 day 2 min 3us 10ns','+23:29:59.999999',
                        '+12:19:59.999999'])

# Print the TimedeltaIndex object
print(tidx)

Output :

Now we will use the TimedeltaIndex.to_native_types() function to format tidx to its native type.

# format tidx
tidx.to_native_types()

Output :

As we can see in the output, the TimedeltaIndex.to_native_types() function has returned an array object containing elements of dtype ‘<U23'.

Example #2: Use TimedeltaIndex.to_native_types() function to format the given TimedeltaIndex object to its native format.

# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd

# Create the TimedeltaIndex object
tidx = pd.TimedeltaIndex(start ='1 days 02:00:12.001124',
                        periods = 5, freq ='D', name ='Koala')

# Print the TimedeltaIndex object
print(tidx)

Output :

Now we will use the TimedeltaIndex.to_native_types() function to format tidx to its native type.

# format tidx
tidx.to_native_types()

Output :

As we can see in the output, the TimedeltaIndex.to_native_types() function has returned an array object containing elements of dtype ‘<U22'.