group_by

group_by groups column content into vectors.

Syntax

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
by optionalUnion[str, list[str]]

The column(s) by which to group data.

  • [] the content of each column is grouped into its own vector (default).
  • ["X"] will output an array of values for each group in column X.
  • ["X", "Y"] will output a vector of values for each group designated from the X and Y columns.

Returns

A new table containing grouping columns and grouped data. Column content is grouped into vectors.

Examples

In this example, group_by creates a vector of values for each column.

In this example, group_by creates a vector of values, as grouped by X.

In this example, group_by creates a vector of values, as grouped by X and Y.