# xarray.indexes.PandasIndex

### *class* xarray.indexes.PandasIndex(array, dim, coord_dtype=None, , fastpath=False)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/core/indexes.py#L657-L984)

Wrap a pandas.Index as an xarray compatible index.

#### \_\_init_\_(array, dim, coord_dtype=None, , fastpath=False)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/core/indexes.py#L666-L694)

### Methods

| [`__init__`](#xarray.indexes.PandasIndex.__init__)(array, dim[, coord_dtype, fastpath])   |                                                                                                  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `concat`(indexes, dim[, positions])                                                              | Create a new index by concatenating one or more indexes of the same type.                        |
| `copy`([deep])                                                                                   | Return a (deep) copy of this index.                                                              |
| `create_variables`([variables])                                                                  | Maybe create new coordinate variables from this index.                                           |
| `equals`(other, \*[, exclude])                                                                   | Compare this index with another index of the same type.                                          |
| `from_variables`(variables, \*, options)                                                         | Create a new index object from one or more coordinate variables.                                 |
| `isel`(indexers)                                                                                 | Maybe returns a new index from the current index itself indexed by positional indexers.          |
| `join`(other[, how])                                                                             | Return a new index from the combination of this index with another index of the same type.       |
| `reindex_like`(other[, method, tolerance])                                                       | Query the index with another index of the same type.                                             |
| `rename`(name_dict, dims_dict)                                                                   | Maybe update the index with new coordinate and dimension names.                                  |
| `roll`(shifts)                                                                                   | Roll this index by an offset along one or more dimensions.                                       |
| `sel`(labels[, method, tolerance])                                                               | Query the index with arbitrary coordinate label indexers.                                        |
| `should_add_coord_to_array`(name, var, dims)                                                     | Define whether or not an index coordinate variable should be added to a new DataArray.           |
| `stack`(variables, dim)                                                                          | Create a new index by stacking coordinate variables into a single new dimension.                 |
| `to_pandas_index`()                                                                              | Cast this xarray index to a pandas.Index object or raise a `TypeError` if this is not supported. |
| `unstack`()                                                                                      | Unstack a (multi-)index into multiple (single) indexes.                                          |

### Attributes

| `coord_dtype`   |    |
|-----------------|----|
| `dim`           |    |
| `index`         |    |