polars summary for dataframe
For a dataframe, produces descriptive statistics (summary statistics) for its numeric columns.
Signature
> polars summary {flags}
Flags
-
--quantiles, -q {list<float>}: Provide optional quantiles.
Input/output types:
| input | output |
|---|---|
| polars_dataframe | polars_dataframe |
| polars_lazyframe | polars_lazyframe |
Examples
list dataframe descriptives
> [[a b]; [1 1] [1 1]] | polars into-df | polars summary ╭───┬────────────┬─────────┬─────────╮ │ # │ descriptor │ a (i64) │ b (i64) │ ├───┼────────────┼─────────┼─────────┤ │ 0 │ count │ 2.00 │ 2.00 │ │ 1 │ sum │ 2.00 │ 2.00 │ │ 2 │ mean │ 1.00 │ 1.00 │ │ 3 │ median │ 1.00 │ 1.00 │ │ 4 │ std │ 0.00 │ 0.00 │ │ 5 │ min │ 1.00 │ 1.00 │ │ 6 │ 25% │ 1.00 │ 1.00 │ │ 7 │ 50% │ 1.00 │ 1.00 │ │ 8 │ 75% │ 1.00 │ 1.00 │ │ 9 │ max │ 1.00 │ 1.00 │ ╰───┴────────────┴─────────┴─────────╯
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