index_type()¶

audformat.index_type(obj)[source]¶

Derive index type.

Possible return values are given by audformat.define.IndexType.

Parameters:: obj (Index | Series | DataFrame) – object conform to table specifications
Return type:: IndexType
Returns:: table type
Raises:: ValueError – if not conform to table specifications

Examples

>>> index_type(filewise_index())
'filewise'
>>> index_type(segmented_index())
'segmented'