Functional pipes in python like %>% from R’s magrittr
Pipes are a new feature in Pandas 0.16.2. Example: import pandas as pd from sklearn.datasets import load_iris x = load_iris() x = pd.DataFrame(x.data, columns=x.feature_names) def remove_units(df): df.columns = pd.Index(map(lambda x: x.replace(” (cm)”, “”), df.columns)) return df def length_times_width(df): df[‘sepal length*width’] = df[‘sepal length’] * df[‘sepal width’] df[‘petal length*width’] = df[‘petal length’] * df[‘petal width’] x.pipe(remove_units).pipe(length_times_width) … Read more