pandas.Series.backfill

Series.backfill(*, axis=None, inplace=False, limit=None, downcast=<no_default>)[source]

Fill NA/NaN values by using the next valid observation to fill the gap.

Deprecated since version 2.0: Series/DataFrame.backfill is deprecated. Use Series/DataFrame.bfill instead.

Returns:

Series/DataFrame or None

Object with missing values filled or None if inplace=True.

Examples

Please see examples for DataFrame.bfill() or Series.bfill().