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astype/convert_objects
should be able to do this type of coercion from string complex looking
In [45]: Series(['1.0+5j','1.5-3j']).apply(lambda x: np.complex(x))
Out[45]:
0 (1+5j)
1 (1.5-3j)
dtype: complex128
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18919699/python-pandas-complex-number/18919965#18919965