last_by

last_by returns the last row for each group.

Syntax

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
by optionalUnion[str, list[str]]

The column(s) by which to group data.

  • [] returns only the last row in the table (default).
  • ["X"] will output the entire last row of each group in column X.
  • ["X", "Y"] will output the entire last row of each group designated from the X and Y columns.

Returns

A new table containing the last row for each group.

Examples

In this example, last_by returns the last row of the table.

In this example, last_by returns the last row, as grouped by X.

In this example, last_by returns the last row, as grouped by X and Y.