polars max for dataframe
Creates a max expression or aggregates columns to their max value.
Signature
> polars max {flags}
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| polars_expression | polars_expression |
| polars_dataframe | polars_dataframe |
| polars_lazyframe | polars_lazyframe |
Examples
Max value from columns in a dataframe
> [[a b]; [6 2] [1 4] [4 1]] | polars into-df | polars max ╭───┬───┬───╮ │ # │ a │ b │ ├───┼───┼───┤ │ 0 │ 6 │ 4 │ ╰───┴───┴───╯
Max aggregation for a group-by
> [[a b]; [one 2] [one 4] [two 1]]
| polars into-df
| polars group-by a
| polars agg (polars col b | polars max)
| polars collect
| polars sort-by a
╭───┬─────┬───╮
│ # │ a │ b │
├───┼─────┼───┤
│ 0 │ one │ 4 │
│ 1 │ two │ 1 │
╰───┴─────┴───╯
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