Provides data types to the read_csv function in import_ids(). Previously, pandas parsed some numeric ids as floats adding trailing zeros that required removal. New data types are:
birthdate is parsed as a datetime64
age is parsed as a Float64
draft_year, draft_round, draft_pick, draft_ovr, height, weight, and db_season are parsed as Int64
all other fields including numeric ids are parsed as strings
Provides data types to the
read_csvfunction inimport_ids(). Previously, pandas parsed some numeric ids as floats adding trailing zeros that required removal. New data types are: