pandas.core.groupby.GroupBy.apply

GroupBy.apply(func, *args, **kwargs)

Apply function and combine results together in an intelligent way. The split-apply-combine combination rules attempt to be as common sense based as possible. For example:

case 1: group DataFrame apply aggregation function (f(chunk) -> Series) yield DataFrame, with group axis having group labels

case 2: group DataFrame apply transform function ((f(chunk) -> DataFrame with same indexes) yield DataFrame with resulting chunks glued together

case 3: group Series apply function with f(chunk) -> DataFrame yield DataFrame with result of chunks glued together

Parameters :func : function Returns :applied : type depending on grouped object and function

See also

aggregate, transform

Notes

See online documentation for full exposition on how to use apply