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How to apply functions in a Group in a Pandas DataFrame?

In this article, let’s see how to apply functions in a group in a Pandas Dataframe. Steps to be followed for performing this task are – 

  • Import the necessary libraries.
  • Set up the data as a Pandas DataFrame.
  • Use apply function to find different statistical measures like Rolling Mean, Average, Sum, Maximum, and Minimum. You can use the lambda function for this.

Below is the implementation-

Let’s create the dataframe.

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#import libraries
import pandas as pd
  
# set up the data
data_dict = {"Student House": ["Lavender", "Lavender", "Lavender",
                               "Lavender", "Daisy", "Daisy"
                               "Daisy", "Daisy", "Daffodils"
                               "Daffodils", "Daffodils", "Daffodils"],
               
             "Points": [10, 4, 6, 7, 3, 8, 9, 10, 4, 5, 6, 7]}
  
data_df = pd.DataFrame(data_dict)
print("Dataframe : ")
data_df


Output:

Example 1:

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# finding rolling mean
rolling_mean = data_df.groupby("Student House")["Points"].apply(
    lambda x: x.rolling(center=False, window=2).mean())
  
print("Rolling Mean:")
print(rolling_mean)


Output:

Example 2:

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# finding mean
mean = data_df.groupby("Student House")["Points"].apply(
  lambda x: x.mean())
  
print("Mean:")
print(mean)


Output:

Example 3:

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# finding sum
sum = data_df.groupby("Student House")["Points"].apply(
  lambda x: x.sum())
  
print("Sum:")
print(sum)


Output:

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