Pandas DataFrame: pipe() function

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:33 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

DataFrame - pipe() function

The pipe() function is used to apply func(self, *args, **kwargs).

Syntax:

DataFrame.pipe(self, func, *args, **kwargs)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type/Default Value	Required / Optional
func	function to apply to the Series/DataFrame. args, and kwargs are passed into func. Alternatively a (callable, data_keyword) tuple where data_keyword is a string indicating the keyword of callable that expects the Series/DataFrame.	function	Required
args	positional arguments passed into func.	iterable	Optional
kwargs	a dictionary of keyword arguments passed into func.	mapping	Optional

Returns: object - the return type of func.

Notes:

Use .pipe when chaining together functions that expect Series, DataFrames or GroupBy objects. Instead of writing

Example:

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