def infer_orient(self, x, y, orient=None):
        """Determine how the plot should be oriented based on the data."""
        orient = str(orient)

        def is_categorical(s):
            try:
                # Correct way, but doesnt exist in older Pandas
                return pd.core.common.is_categorical_dtype(s)
            except __HOLE__:
                # Also works, but feels hackier
                return str(s.dtype) == "categorical"

        def is_not_numeric(s):
            try:
                np.asarray(s, dtype=np.float)
            except ValueError:
                return True
            return False

        no_numeric = "Neither the `x` nor `y` variable appears to be numeric."

        if orient.startswith("v"):
            return "v"
        elif orient.startswith("h"):
            return "h"
        elif x is None:
            return "v"
        elif y is None:
            return "h"
        elif is_categorical(y):
            if is_categorical(x):
                raise ValueError(no_numeric)
            else:
                return "h"
        elif is_not_numeric(y):
            if is_not_numeric(x):
                raise ValueError(no_numeric)
            else:
                return "h"
        else:
            return "v"
dataset/ETHPy150Open mwaskom/seaborn/seaborn/categorical.py/_CategoricalPlotter.infer_orient