skbio.metadata.CategoricalMetadataColumn.to_series

CategoricalMetadataColumn.to_series(encode_missing=False)

Create a pandas series from the metadata column.

The series index name (Index.name) will match this metadata column’s id_header, and the index will contain this metadata column’s IDs. The series name will match this metadata column’s name.

Parameters:

encode_missingbool, optional

Whether to convert missing values (NaNs) back into their original vocabulary (strings) if a missing scheme was used.

Returns:

pandas.Series

Series constructed from the metadata column.

See also

to_dataframe