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# pandas.DataFrame.convert_objects

`DataFrame.``convert_objects`(convert_dates=True, convert_numeric=False, convert_timedeltas=True, copy=True)

  Attempt to infer better dtype for object columns

  Parameters : | convert_dates : if True, attempt to soft convert dates, if ‘coerce’, force conversion (and non-convertibles get NaT) convert_numeric : if True attempt to coerce to numbers (including strings), non-convertibles get NaN convert_timedeltas : if True, attempt to soft convert timedeltas, if ‘coerce’, force conversion (and non-convertibles get NaT) copy : Boolean, if True, return copy even if no copy is necessary (e.g. no conversion was done), default is True. It is meant for internal use, not to be confused with inplace kw.
  Returns : | converted : asm as input object

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