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Expand Up @@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ cdef object _try_infer_map(object dtype):

def infer_dtype(value: object, skipna: bool = True) -> str:
"""
Return a string label of the type of a scalar or list-like of values.
Return a string label of the type of the elements in a list-like input.

This method inspects the elements of the provided input and determines
classification of its data type. It is particularly useful for
Expand All @@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ def infer_dtype(value: object, skipna: bool = True) -> str:

Parameters
----------
value : scalar, list, ndarray, or pandas type
value : list, ndarray, or pandas type
The input data to infer the dtype.
skipna : bool, default True
Ignore NaN values when inferring the type.
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