Updateindex #3401
Updateindex #3401
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…te columns when `makeunique` is false. If `mergeduplicates` is passed a function then that function is invoked on the values of all duplicate columns and its return value is assigned to that named column.
will only be done two at a time.
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As I have commented before - it will be super hard to review such a big PR. That is why I have recommended to split it into smaller PRs and merge them incrementally. But I will try to comment on this PR (however, take note that because it is so big it will be hard to properly review it and be sure that all issues are caught/discussed). As a side note - it seems that you did not use latest |
| rename!(index(df), vals, makeunique=makeunique) | ||
| makeunique::Bool=false, mergeduplicates::MergeDuplicates=nothing) | ||
| if !makeunique && isa(mergeduplicates, Function) | ||
| (new_columns, colindex) = process_updates(UpdateIndex(vals), _columns(df), mergeduplicates) |
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_columns is not defined for general AbstractDataFrame.
| makeunique::Bool=false) | ||
| rename!(index(df), vals, makeunique=makeunique) | ||
| makeunique::Bool=false, mergeduplicates::MergeDuplicates=nothing) | ||
| if !makeunique && isa(mergeduplicates, Function) |
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the docstring seems not to have been updated.
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in particular, I am not clear what rename!/rename should do when mergeduplicates is passed.
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| end | ||
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| function rename!(idx::Index, new_index::Index) |
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functions for Index should be added in other/index.jl
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| function rename!(idx::Index, new_index::Index) | ||
| splice!(idx.names, 1:length(idx.names), new_index.names) |
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should we first check that idx and new_index are independent?
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| ``` | ||
| """ | ||
| rename(df::AbstractDataFrame, vals::AbstractVector{Symbol}; |
| Wherever the `mergeduplicates` keyword argument is available it is either `nothing` or | ||
| a `Function` that will be executed to combine duplicated columns (when `makeunique=false`) | ||
| """ | ||
| MergeDuplicates = Union{Nothing,Function} |
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I am OK to add this definition, but then its docstring should be more precise I think.
| will be combined by invoking the function with all values from those columns. | ||
| e.g. `mergeduplicates=coalesce` will use the first non-missing value. Since `hcat` and | ||
| `hcat!` are performed recursively for more than two frames, this `mergeduplicates` | ||
| function will only combine two columns at a time. |
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it is not clear what happens if makeuniqe=true and mergeduplicates is Function`.
| Horizontally concatenate data frames. | ||
| If `makeunique=false` (the default) column names of passed objects must be unique. |
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this statement does not seem to be true after this PR.
| if it is `true` a new unique name will be generated by adding a suffix, | ||
| if it is `false` an error will be thrown unless a `mergeduplicates` functiom is provided. | ||
| - `mergeduplicates` : defines what to do if `name` already exists in `df` and `makeunique` | ||
| is false. It should be given a Function that combines the values of all of the duplicated |
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| is false. It should be given a Function that combines the values of all of the duplicated | |
| is false. It should be given a `Function` that combines the values of all of the duplicated |
| if it is `false` an error will be thrown unless a `mergeduplicates` functiom is provided. | ||
| - `mergeduplicates` : defines what to do if `name` already exists in `df` and `makeunique` | ||
| is false. It should be given a Function that combines the values of all of the duplicated | ||
| columns which will be passed as a varargs. The return value is used. |
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it is not clear if the passed function takes elements of the columns iteratively or whole columns.
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Also it is not clear how things are processed if multiple duplicate columns are provided.
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I have not finished reviewing the PR. I will try to get back to it later. |
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Estimate on when this functionality will be merged into DataFrames.jl? Has this PR been replaced with yet another one? |
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The is a replacement for #3366. It defines a new keyword
mergeduplicatesthat can be set to aFunctionthat combines values to merge columns instead of erroring when there are duplicate column names andmakeunique=false.It is implemented in stages, the first of which creates a temporary struct
UpdateIndexwhich is used to initialize aDataFrameor represent a set of column names and columns that will be merged into the resultingDataFramein anhcatorhcat!operation. It then follows up with commits that extendpermutedimsand joins to resolve column clashes in the same fashion.