ak.from_categorical
-------------------

.. py:module: ak.from_categorical

Defined in `awkward.operations.ak_from_categorical <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/blob/e9dd2694cf5c6ccb1717358fe926816d8ecbfb9c/src/awkward/operations/ak_from_categorical.py>`__ on `line 13 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/awkward/blob/e9dd2694cf5c6ccb1717358fe926816d8ecbfb9c/src/awkward/operations/ak_from_categorical.py#L13>`__.

.. py:function:: ak.from_categorical(array, *, highlevel=True, behavior=None, attrs=None)


    :param array: Array-like data (anything :py:obj:`ak.to_layout` recognizes).
    :param highlevel: If True, return an :py:obj:`ak.Array`; otherwise, return
                  a low-level :py:obj:`ak.contents.Content` subclass.
    :type highlevel: bool
    :param behavior: Custom :py:obj:`ak.behavior` for the output array, if
                 high-level.
    :type behavior: None or dict
    :param attrs: Custom attributes for the output array, if
              high-level.
    :type attrs: None or dict

This function replaces categorical data with non-categorical data (by
removing the label that declares it as such).

This is a metadata-only operation; the running time does not scale with the
size of the dataset. (Conversion to categorical is expensive; conversion
from categorical is cheap.)

See also :py:obj:`ak.is_categorical`, :py:obj:`ak.categories`, :py:obj:`ak.str.to_categorical`.