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ValueError: You are trying to merge on int64 and object columns. If you wish to proceed you should use pd.concat

ID: python/pandas-merge-dtype-mismatch

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80%Fix Rate
89%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-04-25First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.x active — — —

Root Cause

pd.merge requires matching dtypes on join keys. A CSV read without explicit dtype inference often leaves IDs as object (string) in one frame and int in the other.

generic

中文

pd.merge 要求连接键的 dtype 匹配。未显式指定 dtype 读取的 CSV 常使一个 DataFrame 的 ID 为 object（字符串），另一个为 int。

Workarounds

  1. 95% success 
    df2['id'] = df2['id'].astype(df1['id'].dtype); pd.merge(df1, df2, on='id')
  2. 90% success 
    Read both with pd.read_csv(..., dtype={'id': 'int64'})

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 95% fail

    Same ValueError

  2. 50% fail

    Changes dtype but breaks numeric comparisons downstream