type function in the Factory
The type function returns the data type of the selected column as a nominal value.
Parameters Parameter Description column The attribute whose data type we want to return. The column parameter is mandatory. Example The following example uses the adult dataset. Description Screenshot In the adult dataset, we have added a new type attribute, where the data type of the education_num attribute has been retrieved, using the formula The data type has been correctly returned as integer (expressed as a nominal attribute as “integer “ is a string value.type(column)type($"education_num").