pandas.qcut¶
- pandas.qcut(x, q, labels=None, retbins=False, precision=3)¶
Quantile-based discretization function. Discretize variable into equal-sized buckets based on rank or based on sample quantiles. For example 1000 values for 10 quantiles would produce a Categorical object indicating quantile membership for each data point.
Parameters : x : ndarray or Series
q : integer or array of quantiles
Number of quantiles. 10 for deciles, 4 for quartiles, etc. Alternately array of quantiles, e.g. [0, .25, .5, .75, 1.] for quartiles
labels : array or boolean, default None
Used as labels for the resulting bins. Must be of the same length as the resulting bins. If False, return only integer indicators of the bins.
retbins : bool, optional
Whether to return the bins or not. Can be useful if bins is given as a scalar.
precision : int
The precision at which to store and display the bins labels
Returns : out : Categorical or Series or array of integers if labels is False
The return type (Categorical or Series) depends on the input: a Series of type category if input is a Series else Categorical. Bins are represented as categories when categorical data is returned.
bins : ndarray of floats
Returned only if retbins is True.
Notes
Out of bounds values will be NA in the resulting Categorical object
Examples
>>> pd.qcut(range(5), 4) [[0, 1], [0, 1], (1, 2], (2, 3], (3, 4]] Categories (4, object): [[0, 1] < (1, 2] < (2, 3] < (3, 4]] >>> pd.qcut(range(5), 3, labels=["good","medium","bad"]) [good, good, medium, bad, bad] Categories (3, object): [good < medium < bad] >>> pd.qcut(range(5), 4, labels=False) array([0, 0, 1, 2, 3], dtype=int64)