sktime.utils.data_processing.is_nested_dataframe

sktime.utils.data_processing.is_nested_dataframe(X)[source]

Checks whether the input is a nested DataFrame.

To allow for a mixture of nested and primitive columns types the the considers whether any column is a nested np.ndarray or pd.Series.

Column is consider nested if any cells in column have a nested structure.

Parameters

X – Input that is checked to determine if it is a nested DataFrame.

Returns

Whether the input is a nested DataFrame

Return type

bool