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17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions doc/source/groupby.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1014,6 +1014,23 @@ Regroup columns of a DataFrame according to their sum, and sum the aggregated on
df
df.groupby(df.sum(), axis=1).sum()

Groupby by Indexer to 'resample' data
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Resampling produces new hypothetical samples(resamples) from already existing observed data or from a model that generates data. These new samples are similar to the pre-existing samples.

In order to resample to work on indices that are non-datetimelike , the following procedure can be utilized.

In the following examples, **df.index // 5** returns a binary array which is used to determine what get's selected for the groupby operation.

.. note:: The below example shows how we can downsample by consolidation of samples into fewer samples. Here by using **df.index // 5**, we are aggregating the samples in bins. By applying **std()** function, we aggregate the information contained in many samples into a small subset of values which is their standard deviation thereby reducing the number of samples.

.. ipython:: python

df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(10,2))
df
df.index // 5
df.groupby(df.index // 5).std()

Returning a Series to propagate names
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