abs_sum_by

abs_sum_by creates a new table containing the absolute sum for each group.

Syntax

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
by optionalUnion[str, Sequence[str]]

The column(s) by which to group data. Default is None.

Returns

A new table containing the absolute sum for each group.

Examples

In this example, abs_sum_by returns the absolute sum of the whole table.

In this example, abs_sum_by returns the absolute sum, as grouped by X. Because a sum can not be computed for the string column Y, this column is dropped before applying abs_sum_by.