featurebyte.Feature.astype

astype(

new_type: Union[Type[int], Type[float], Type[str], Literal["int", "float", "str"]]

) -> FrozenSeriesT

Description

Modifies the data type of a feature. It is useful when you need to convert feature values between numerical and string formats, or the other way around.

Parameters

• new_type: Union[Type[int], Type[float], Type[str], Literal["int", "float", "str"]]
  Desired type after conversion. Type can be provided directly, or as a string.
  
  

Returns

• FrozenSeriesT
  A new Series with converted variable type.
  
  

Examples

>>> feature = catalog.get_feature("InvoiceCount_60days")
>>> string_invoice_count_feature = feature.astype(str)
>>> float_invoice_count_feature = feature.astype(float)