BUG: GH3109 fixed issues where passing an axis of 'columns' would fail

RELEASE.rst

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ pandas 0.11.0
     DataFrames and propogate in operations
   - Add function to pandas.io.data for retrieving stock index components from
     Yahoo! finance (GH2795_)
-  - Add ``squeeze`` function to reduce dimensionality of 1-len objects
   - Support slicing with time objects (GH2681_)
   - Added ``.iloc`` attribute, to support strict integer based indexing, analagous to ``.ix`` (GH2922_)
   - Added ``.loc``  attribute, to support strict label based indexing, analagous to ``.ix`` (GH3053_)
@@ -73,10 +72,7 @@ pandas 0.11.0
     - New keywords ``iterator=boolean``, and ``chunksize=number_in_a_chunk`` are
       provided to support iteration on ``select`` and ``select_as_multiple`` (GH3076_)
 
-  - In ``HDFStore``, provide dotted attribute access to ``get`` from stores
-    (e.g. ``store.df == store['df']``)
-
-  - ``Squeeze`` to possibly remove length 1 dimensions from an object.
+  - Add ``squeeze`` method to possibly remove length 1 dimensions from an object.
 
     .. ipython:: python
 
@@ -209,7 +205,6 @@ pandas 0.11.0
     other values), (GH2850_)
   - Unstack of a frame with no nans would always cause dtype upcasting (GH2929_)
   - Fix scalar datetime.datetime parsing bug in read_csv (GH3071_)
-  - Timedeltas are now fully operational (closes GH2898_)
   - Fixed slow printing of large Dataframes, due to inefficient dtype
     reporting (GH2807_)
   - Fixed a segfault when using a function as grouper in groupby (GH3035_)
@@ -232,6 +227,7 @@ pandas 0.11.0
   - Fix issue with indexing a series with a boolean key and specifiying a 1-len list on the rhs (GH2745_)
   - Fixed bug in groupby apply when kernel generate list of arrays having unequal len (GH1738_)
   - fixed handling of rolling_corr with center=True which could produce corr>1 (GH3155_)
+  - Fixed issues where indices can be passed as 'index/column' in addition to 0/1 for the axis parameter
 
 .. _GH622: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/622
 .. _GH797: https://github.com/pydata/pandas/issues/797

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -2194,6 +2194,7 @@ def xs(self, key, axis=0, level=None, copy=True):
         -------
         xs : Series or DataFrame
         """
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         labels = self._get_axis(axis)
         if level is not None:
             loc, new_ax = labels.get_loc_level(key, level=level)
@@ -2340,6 +2341,8 @@ def align(self, other, join='outer', axis=None, level=None, copy=True,
         (left, right) : (DataFrame, type of other)
             Aligned objects
         """
+        if axis is not None:
+            axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if isinstance(other, DataFrame):
             return self._align_frame(other, join=join, axis=axis, level=level,
                                      copy=copy, fill_value=fill_value,
@@ -2522,6 +2525,7 @@ def reindex_axis(self, labels, axis=0, method=None, level=None, copy=True,
         reindexed : same type as calling instance
         """
         self._consolidate_inplace()
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis == 0:
             return self._reindex_index(labels, method, copy, level,
                                        fill_value=fill_value,
@@ -2834,6 +2838,7 @@ def take(self, indices, axis=0, convert=True):
 
         # check/convert indicies here
         if convert:
+            axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
             indices = _maybe_convert_indices(indices, len(self._get_axis(axis)))
 
         if self._is_mixed_type:
@@ -2922,6 +2927,7 @@ def dropna(self, axis=0, how='any', thresh=None, subset=None):
                                        subset=subset, axis=ax)
             return result
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis == 0:
             agg_axis = 1
         elif axis == 1:
@@ -3089,6 +3095,7 @@ def sort_index(self, axis=0, by=None, ascending=True, inplace=False):
         """
         from pandas.core.groupby import _lexsort_indexer
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis not in [0, 1]:
             raise ValueError('Axis must be 0 or 1, got %s' % str(axis))
 
@@ -3159,6 +3166,7 @@ def sortlevel(self, level=0, axis=0, ascending=True, inplace=False):
         -------
         sorted : DataFrame
         """
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         the_axis = self._get_axis(axis)
         if not isinstance(the_axis, MultiIndex):
             raise Exception('can only sort by level with a hierarchical index')
@@ -3202,6 +3210,7 @@ def swaplevel(self, i, j, axis=0):
         """
         result = self.copy()
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis == 0:
             result.index = result.index.swaplevel(i, j)
         else:
@@ -3223,6 +3232,7 @@ def reorder_levels(self, order, axis=0):
         -------
         type of caller (new object)
         """
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if not isinstance(self._get_axis(axis),
                           MultiIndex):  # pragma: no cover
             raise Exception('Can only reorder levels on a hierarchical axis.')
@@ -3274,6 +3284,7 @@ def fillna(self, value=None, method=None, axis=0, inplace=False,
         """
         self._consolidate_inplace()
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if value is None:
             if method is None:
                 raise ValueError('must specify a fill method or value')
@@ -3362,6 +3373,7 @@ def replace(self, to_replace, value=None, method='pad', axis=0,
         """
         self._consolidate_inplace()
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if inplace:
             import warnings
             warnings.warn("replace with inplace=True  will return None"
@@ -4057,6 +4069,7 @@ def apply(self, func, axis=0, broadcast=False, raw=False,
         if len(self.columns) == 0 and len(self.index) == 0:
             return self
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if kwds or args and not isinstance(func, np.ufunc):
             f = lambda x: func(x, *args, **kwds)
         else:
@@ -4478,6 +4491,7 @@ def corrwith(self, other, axis=0, drop=False):
         -------
         correls : Series
         """
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if isinstance(other, Series):
             return self.apply(other.corr, axis=axis)
 
@@ -4580,6 +4594,7 @@ def count(self, axis=0, level=None, numeric_only=False):
         -------
         count : Series (or DataFrame if level specified)
         """
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if level is not None:
             return self._count_level(level, axis=axis,
                                      numeric_only=numeric_only)
@@ -4756,6 +4771,7 @@ def mad(self, axis=0, skipna=True, level=None):
 
         frame = self._get_numeric_data()
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis == 0:
             demeaned = frame - frame.mean(axis=0)
         else:
@@ -4811,12 +4827,14 @@ def _agg_by_level(self, name, axis=0, level=0, skipna=True, **kwds):
         grouped = self.groupby(level=level, axis=axis)
         if hasattr(grouped, name) and skipna:
             return getattr(grouped, name)(**kwds)
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         method = getattr(type(self), name)
         applyf = lambda x: method(x, axis=axis, skipna=skipna, **kwds)
         return grouped.aggregate(applyf)
 
     def _reduce(self, op, axis=0, skipna=True, numeric_only=None,
                 filter_type=None, **kwds):
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         f = lambda x: op(x, axis=axis, skipna=skipna, **kwds)
         labels = self._get_agg_axis(axis)
         if numeric_only is None:
@@ -4875,6 +4893,7 @@ def idxmin(self, axis=0, skipna=True):
         -------
         idxmin : Series
         """
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         indices = nanops.nanargmin(self.values, axis=axis, skipna=skipna)
         index = self._get_axis(axis)
         result = [index[i] if i >= 0 else NA for i in indices]
@@ -4897,6 +4916,7 @@ def idxmax(self, axis=0, skipna=True):
         -------
         idxmax : Series
         """
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         indices = nanops.nanargmax(self.values, axis=axis, skipna=skipna)
         index = self._get_axis(axis)
         result = [index[i] if i >= 0 else NA for i in indices]
@@ -5030,6 +5050,7 @@ def rank(self, axis=0, numeric_only=None, method='average',
         -------
         ranks : DataFrame
         """
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if numeric_only is None:
             try:
                 ranks = algos.rank(self.values, axis=axis, method=method,
@@ -5070,6 +5091,7 @@ def to_timestamp(self, freq=None, how='start', axis=0, copy=True):
         if copy:
             new_data = new_data.copy()
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis == 0:
             new_data.set_axis(1, self.index.to_timestamp(freq=freq, how=how))
         elif axis == 1:
@@ -5100,6 +5122,7 @@ def to_period(self, freq=None, axis=0, copy=True):
         if copy:
             new_data = new_data.copy()
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis == 0:
             if freq is None:
                 freq = self.index.freqstr or self.index.inferred_freq

pandas/core/generic.py

@@ -34,28 +34,29 @@ def load(cls, path):
     #----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Axis name business
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _get_axis_number(cls, axis):
-        axis = cls._AXIS_ALIASES.get(axis, axis)
-
+    def _get_axis_number(self, axis):
+        axis = self._AXIS_ALIASES.get(axis, axis)
         if com.is_integer(axis):
-            if axis in cls._AXIS_NAMES:
+            if axis in self._AXIS_NAMES:
                 return axis
-            else:
-                raise Exception('No %d axis' % axis)
         else:
-            return cls._AXIS_NUMBERS[axis]
+            try:
+                return self._AXIS_NUMBERS[axis]
+            except:
+                pass
+        raise ValueError('No axis named %s' % axis)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _get_axis_name(cls, axis):
-        axis = cls._AXIS_ALIASES.get(axis, axis)
+    def _get_axis_name(self, axis):
+        axis = self._AXIS_ALIASES.get(axis, axis)
         if isinstance(axis, basestring):
-            if axis in cls._AXIS_NUMBERS:
+            if axis in self._AXIS_NUMBERS:
                 return axis
-            else:
-                raise Exception('No axis named %s' % axis)
         else:
-            return cls._AXIS_NAMES[axis]
+            try:
+                return self._AXIS_NAMES[axis]
+            except:
+                pass
+        raise ValueError('No axis named %s' % axis)
 
     def _get_axis(self, axis):
         name = self._get_axis_name(axis)
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ def groupby(self, by=None, axis=0, level=None, as_index=True, sort=True,
         GroupBy object
         """
         from pandas.core.groupby import groupby
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         return groupby(self, by, axis=axis, level=level, as_index=as_index,
                        sort=sort, group_keys=group_keys)
 
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ def resample(self, rule, how=None, axis=0, fill_method=None,
             range from 0 through 4. Defaults to 0
         """
         from pandas.tseries.resample import TimeGrouper
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         sampler = TimeGrouper(rule, label=label, closed=closed, how=how,
                               axis=axis, kind=kind, loffset=loffset,
                               fill_method=fill_method, convention=convention,
@@ -925,6 +928,7 @@ def rename_axis(self, mapper, axis=0, copy=True):
 
         mapper_f = _get_rename_function(mapper)
 
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis == 0:
             new_data = self._data.rename_items(mapper_f, copydata=copy)
         else:
@@ -951,6 +955,7 @@ def take(self, indices, axis=0, convert=True):
 
         # check/convert indicies here
         if convert:
+            axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
             indices = _maybe_convert_indices(indices, len(self._get_axis(axis)))
 
         if axis == 0:

pandas/core/panel.py

@@ -1051,6 +1051,7 @@ def xs(self, key, axis=1, copy=True):
         -------
         y : ndim(self)-1
         """
+        axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
         if axis == 0:
             data = self[key]
             if copy:
@@ -1320,10 +1321,11 @@ def shift(self, lags, axis='major'):
             vslicer = slice(-lags, None)
             islicer = slice(None, lags)
 
-        if axis == 'major':
+        axis = self._get_axis_name(axis)
+        if axis == 'major_axis':
             values = values[:, vslicer, :]
             major_axis = major_axis[islicer]
-        elif axis == 'minor':
+        elif axis == 'minor_axis':
             values = values[:, :, vslicer]
             minor_axis = minor_axis[islicer]
         else:

pandas/tests/test_frame.py

@@ -1766,19 +1766,20 @@ def setUp(self):
                                 index=['a', 'b', 'c'])
 
     def test_get_axis(self):
-        self.assert_(DataFrame._get_axis_name(0) == 'index')
-        self.assert_(DataFrame._get_axis_name(1) == 'columns')
-        self.assert_(DataFrame._get_axis_name('index') == 'index')
-        self.assert_(DataFrame._get_axis_name('columns') == 'columns')
-        self.assertRaises(Exception, DataFrame._get_axis_name, 'foo')
-        self.assertRaises(Exception, DataFrame._get_axis_name, None)
-
-        self.assert_(DataFrame._get_axis_number(0) == 0)
-        self.assert_(DataFrame._get_axis_number(1) == 1)
-        self.assert_(DataFrame._get_axis_number('index') == 0)
-        self.assert_(DataFrame._get_axis_number('columns') == 1)
-        self.assertRaises(Exception, DataFrame._get_axis_number, 2)
-        self.assertRaises(Exception, DataFrame._get_axis_number, None)
+        f = self.frame
+        self.assert_(f._get_axis_name(0) == 'index')
+        self.assert_(f._get_axis_name(1) == 'columns')
+        self.assert_(f._get_axis_name('index') == 'index')
+        self.assert_(f._get_axis_name('columns') == 'columns')
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, f._get_axis_name, 'foo')
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, f._get_axis_name, None)
+
+        self.assert_(f._get_axis_number(0) == 0)
+        self.assert_(f._get_axis_number(1) == 1)
+        self.assert_(f._get_axis_number('index') == 0)
+        self.assert_(f._get_axis_number('columns') == 1)
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, f._get_axis_number, 2)
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, f._get_axis_number, None)
 
         self.assert_(self.frame._get_axis(0) is self.frame.index)
         self.assert_(self.frame._get_axis(1) is self.frame.columns)
@@ -8426,6 +8427,19 @@ def test_get_axis_etc(self):
         self.assert_(f._get_axis(1) is f.columns)
         self.assertRaises(Exception, f._get_axis_number, 2)
 
+    def test_axis_aliases(self):
+
+        f = self.frame
+
+        # reg name
+        expected = f.sum(axis=0)
+        result = f.sum(axis='index')
+        assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+        expected = f.sum(axis=1)
+        result = f.sum(axis='columns')
+        assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
     def test_combine_first_mixed(self):
         a = Series(['a', 'b'], index=range(2))
         b = Series(range(2), index=range(2))