pandas.util.hash_pandas_object#
- pandas.util.hash_pandas_object(obj, index=True, encoding='utf8', hash_key='0123456789123456', categorize=True)[source]#
- Return a data hash of the Index/Series/DataFrame. - Parameters
- objIndex, Series, or DataFrame
- indexbool, default True
- Include the index in the hash (if Series/DataFrame). 
- encodingstr, default ‘utf8’
- Encoding for data & key when strings. 
- hash_keystr, default _default_hash_key
- Hash_key for string key to encode. 
- categorizebool, default True
- Whether to first categorize object arrays before hashing. This is more efficient when the array contains duplicate values. 
 
- Returns
- Series of uint64, same length as the object