avg_by

avg_by returns the average (mean) of each non-key column for each group. Null values are ignored.

Caution

Applying this aggregation to a column where the average can not be computed will result in an error. For example, the average is not defined for a column of string values.

Syntax

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
byUnion[str, list[str]]

The column(s) by which to group data.

  • [] returns total average for all non-key columns (default).
  • ["X"] will output the total average of each group in column X.
  • ["X", "Y"] will output the total average of each group designated from the X and Y columns.

Returns

A new table containing the average for each group.

Examples

In this example, avg_by returns the average value for the table. Because an average can not be computed for the string columns X and Y, these columns are dropped before applying avg_by.

In this example, avg_by returns the average value, as grouped by X. Because an average can not be computed for the string column Y, this column is dropped before applying avg_by.

In this example, avg_by returns the average value, as grouped by X and Y.