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# pandas.DataFrame.astype

`DataFrame.``astype`(dtype, copy=True, raise_on_error=True)

  Cast object to input numpy.dtype Return a copy when copy = True (be really careful with this!)

  Parameters : | dtype : numpy.dtype or Python type raise_on_error : raise on invalid input
  Returns : | casted : type of caller

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