How to Convert DataFrame Column to String in Pandas

import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3], "B": [4.1, 5.2, 6.3], "C": ["7", "8", "9"]})

print(df)
print(df.dtypes)

   A    B  C
0  1  4.1  7
1  2  5.2  8
2  3  6.3  9

A      int64
B    float64
C     object
dtype: object

pandas.Series.astype(str)

>>> df
   A    B  C
0  1  4.1  7
1  2  5.2  8
2  3  6.3  9
>>> df['A'] = df['A'].astype(str)
>>> df
   A    B  C
0  1  4.1  7
1  2  5.2  8
2  3  6.3  9
>>> df.dtypes
A     object
B    float64
C     object
dtype: object

>>> df[['A','B']] = df[['A','B']].astype(str)
>>> df
   A    B  C
0  1  4.1  7
1  2  5.2  8
2  3  6.3  9
>>> df.dtypes
A    object
B    object
C    object
dtype: object

apply(func, *args, **kwds)

>>> df['A'] = df['A'].apply(lambda _: str(_))
>>> df
   A    B  C
0  1  4.1  7
1  2  5.2  8
2  3  6.3  9
>>> df.dtypes
A     object
B    float64
C     object
dtype: object

>>> df[['A','B']] = df[['A','B']].apply(lambda _: str(_))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#31>", line 1, in <module>
    df[['A','B']] = df[['A','B']].apply(lambda _: str(_))
  File "D:\WinPython\WPy-3661\python-3.6.6.amd64\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\frame.py", line 3116, in __setitem__
    self._setitem_array(key, value)
  File "D:\WinPython\WPy-3661\python-3.6.6.amd64\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\frame.py", line 3144, in _setitem_array
    self.loc._setitem_with_indexer((slice(None), indexer), value)
  File "D:\WinPython\WPy-3661\python-3.6.6.amd64\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\indexing.py", line 606, in _setitem_with_indexer
    raise ValueError('Must have equal len keys and value '
ValueError: Must have equal len keys and value when setting with an iterable