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DOC: Clarify that is_scalar treats Enum members as scalars
- Updated docstring to explain exclusion rule clearly - Added Enum example to documentation The docstring now clearly states that anything except list, tuple, numpy.ndarray, and pandas Series is treated as scalar, including Enum members. Fixes #62063
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@@ -158,28 +158,34 @@ def is_scalar(val: object) -> bool:
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"""
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Return True if given object is scalar.
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This function considers any object as scalar EXCEPT:
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- list
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- tuple
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- numpy.ndarray
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- pandas Series
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All other objects are treated as scalar, including:
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- Python builtin numerics (int, float, complex)
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- Python builtin strings and byte arrays
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- None
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- datetime objects (datetime, timedelta, date, time)
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- numpy scalar types (np.int64, np.float32, etc.)
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- pandas types (Period, Timedelta, Timestamp, Interval, DateOffset)
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- decimal.Decimal, fractions.Fraction
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- Enum members
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- Custom objects and other types
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Parameters
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----------
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val : object
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This includes:
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- numpy array scalar (e.g. np.int64)
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- Python builtin numerics
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- Python builtin byte arrays and strings
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- None
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- datetime.datetime
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- datetime.timedelta
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- Period
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- decimal.Decimal
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- Interval
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- DateOffset
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- Fraction
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- Number.
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Object to check for scalar properties.
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Returns
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-------
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bool
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Return True if given object is scalar.
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True if given object is scalar, False otherwise.
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See Also
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Examples
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>>> import datetime
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>>> from enum import Enum, auto
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>>>
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>>> dt = datetime.datetime(2018, 10, 3)
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>>> pd.api.types.is_scalar(dt)
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True
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>>> class Status(Enum):
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... ACTIVE = auto()
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... INACTIVE = auto()
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>>> pd.api.types.is_scalar(Status.ACTIVE)
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True
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>>> pd.api.types.is_scalar([2, 3])
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False
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return (PyNumber_Check(val)
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or is_period_object(val)
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or isinstance(val, Interval)
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or is_offset_object(val))
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or is_offset_object(val)
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or isinstance(val, Enum))
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cdef int64_t get_itemsize(object val):
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Get the itemsize of a NumPy scalar, -1 if not a NumPy scalar.

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