Function _empty_series

dask/dataframe/utils.py:261–267

(name, dtype, index=None)

def _empty_series(name, dtype, index=None):
    if isinstance(dtype, str) and dtype == "category":
        s = pd.Series(pd.Categorical([UNKNOWN_CATEGORIES]), name=name).iloc[:0]
        if index is not None:
            s.index = make_meta(index)
        return s
    return pd.Series([], dtype=dtype, name=name, index=index)


_simple_fake_mapping: dict[str, Any] = {