DOC: GH3105 better error message on ndarray construction

RELEASE.rst

@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ pandas 0.11.0
   - arguments to DataFrame.clip were inconsistent to numpy and Series clipping
     (GH2747_)
   - util.testing.assert_frame_equal now checks the column and index names (GH2964_)
+  - Constructors will now return a more informative ValueError on failures
+    when invalid shapes are passed
 
 **Bug Fixes**
 

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 from pandas.core.indexing import (_NDFrameIndexer, _maybe_droplevels,
                                   _convert_to_index_sliceable, _check_bool_indexer,
                                   _maybe_convert_indices)
-from pandas.core.internals import BlockManager, make_block, form_blocks
+from pandas.core.internals import (BlockManager,
+                                   create_block_manager_from_arrays,
+                                   create_block_manager_from_blocks)
 from pandas.core.series import Series, _radd_compat
 import pandas.core.expressions as expressions
 from pandas.compat.scipy import scoreatpercentile as _quantile
@@ -553,9 +555,8 @@ def _init_ndarray(self, values, index, columns, dtype=None,
         else:
             columns = _ensure_index(columns)
 
-        block = make_block(values.T, columns, columns)
-        return BlockManager([block], [columns, index])
-
+        return create_block_manager_from_blocks([ values.T ], [ columns, index ])
+
     def _wrap_array(self, arr, axes, copy=False):
         index, columns = axes
         return self._constructor(arr, index=index, columns=columns, copy=copy)
@@ -1283,7 +1284,7 @@ def to_panel(self):
         minor_axis.name = self.index.names[1]
 
         new_axes = [selfsorted.columns, major_axis, minor_axis]
-        new_mgr = BlockManager(new_blocks, new_axes)
+        new_mgr = create_block_manager_from_blocks(new_blocks, new_axes)
 
         return Panel(new_mgr)
 
@@ -5300,13 +5301,7 @@ def _arrays_to_mgr(arrays, arr_names, index, columns, dtype=None):
     # from BlockManager perspective
     axes = [_ensure_index(columns), _ensure_index(index)]
 
-    # segregates dtypes and forms blocks matching to columns
-    blocks = form_blocks(arrays, arr_names, axes)
-
-    # consolidate for now
-    mgr = BlockManager(blocks, axes)
-    return mgr.consolidate()
-
+    return create_block_manager_from_arrays(arrays, arr_names, axes)
 
 def extract_index(data):
     from pandas.core.index import _union_indexes
@@ -5384,7 +5379,7 @@ def convert(v):
     if values.ndim == 1:
         values = values.reshape((values.shape[0], 1))
     elif values.ndim != 2:
-        raise Exception('Must pass 2-d input')
+        raise ValueError('Must pass 2-d input')
 
     return values
 

pandas/core/internals.py

@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ def __init__(self, values, items, ref_items, ndim=2):
             values = np.array(values, dtype=object)
 
         if values.ndim != ndim:
-            raise AssertionError('Wrong number of dimensions')
+            raise ValueError('Wrong number of dimensions')
 
         if len(items) != len(values):
-            raise AssertionError('Wrong number of items passed (%d vs %d)'
-                                 % (len(items), len(values)))
+            raise ValueError('Wrong number of items passed %d, indices imply %d'
+                             % (len(items), len(values)))
 
         self._ref_locs = None
         self.values = values
@@ -911,13 +911,14 @@ def shape(self):
 
     def _verify_integrity(self):
         mgr_shape = self.shape
+        tot_items = sum(len(x.items) for x in self.blocks)
         for block in self.blocks:
             if block.ref_items is not self.items:
                 raise AssertionError("Block ref_items must be BlockManager "
                                      "items")
             if block.values.shape[1:] != mgr_shape[1:]:
-                raise AssertionError('Block shape incompatible with manager')
-        tot_items = sum(len(x.items) for x in self.blocks)
+                construction_error(tot_items,block.values.shape[1:],self.axes)
+
         if len(self.items) != tot_items:
             raise AssertionError('Number of manager items must equal union of '
                                  'block items')
@@ -1704,7 +1705,39 @@ def item_dtypes(self):
         return result
 
 
+def construction_error(tot_items, block_shape, axes):
+    """ raise a helpful message about our construction """
+    raise ValueError("Shape of passed values is %s, indices imply %s" % (
+            tuple([tot_items] + list(block_shape)),tuple(len(ax) for ax in axes)))
+
+
+def create_block_manager_from_blocks(blocks, axes):
+    try:
+
+        # if we are passed values, make the blocks
+        if len(blocks) == 1 and not isinstance(blocks[0], Block):
+            blocks = [ make_block(blocks[0], axes[0], axes[0]) ]
+
+        mgr = BlockManager(blocks, axes)
+        mgr._consolidate_inplace()
+        return mgr
+
+    except (ValueError):
+        blocks = [ getattr(b,'values',b) for b in blocks ]
+        tot_items = sum(b.shape[0] for b in blocks)
+        construction_error(tot_items,blocks[0].shape[1:],axes)
+
+def create_block_manager_from_arrays(arrays, names, axes):
+    try:
+        blocks = form_blocks(arrays, names, axes)
+        mgr = BlockManager(blocks, axes)
+        mgr._consolidate_inplace()
+        return mgr
+    except (ValueError):
+        construction_error(len(arrays),arrays[0].shape[1:],axes)
+
 def form_blocks(arrays, names, axes):
+
     # pre-filter out items if we passed it
     items = axes[0]
 

pandas/core/panel.py

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 from pandas.core.index import (Index, MultiIndex, _ensure_index,
                                _get_combined_index)
 from pandas.core.indexing import _maybe_droplevels, _is_list_like
-from pandas.core.internals import BlockManager, make_block, form_blocks
+from pandas.core.internals import (BlockManager, 
+                                   create_block_manager_from_arrays,
+                                   create_block_manager_from_blocks)
 from pandas.core.series import Series
 from pandas.core.frame import DataFrame
 from pandas.core.generic import NDFrame
@@ -310,10 +312,7 @@ def _init_dict(self, data, axes, dtype=None):
         return self._init_arrays(arrays, haxis, [haxis] + raxes)
 
     def _init_arrays(self, arrays, arr_names, axes):
-        # segregates dtypes and forms blocks matching to columns
-        blocks = form_blocks(arrays, arr_names, axes)
-        mgr = BlockManager(blocks, axes).consolidate()
-        return mgr
+        return create_block_manager_from_arrays(arrays, arr_names, axes)
 
     @property
     def shape(self):
@@ -398,9 +397,7 @@ def _init_matrix(self, data, axes, dtype=None, copy=False):
                 ax = _ensure_index(ax)
             fixed_axes.append(ax)
 
-        items = fixed_axes[0]
-        block = make_block(values, items, items)
-        return BlockManager([block], fixed_axes)
+        return create_block_manager_from_blocks([ values ], fixed_axes)
 
     #----------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Array interface

pandas/io/pytables.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from pandas.core.algorithms import match, unique, factorize
 from pandas.core.categorical import Categorical
 from pandas.core.common import _asarray_tuplesafe, _try_sort
-from pandas.core.internals import BlockManager, make_block, form_blocks
+from pandas.core.internals import BlockManager, make_block
 from pandas.core.reshape import block2d_to_blocknd, factor_indexer
 from pandas.core.index import Int64Index, _ensure_index
 import pandas.core.common as com

pandas/tests/test_frame.py

@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@ def test_constructor_cast_failure(self):
         df['foo'] = np.ones((4,2)).tolist()
 
         # this is not ok
-        self.assertRaises(AssertionError, df.__setitem__, tuple(['test']), np.ones((4,2)))
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, df.__setitem__, tuple(['test']), np.ones((4,2)))
 
         # this is ok
         df['foo2'] = np.ones((4,2)).tolist()
@@ -2135,6 +2135,51 @@ def test_constructor_dict(self):
         frame = DataFrame({'A': [], 'B': []}, columns=['A', 'B'])
         self.assert_(frame.index.equals(Index([])))
 
+    def test_constructor_error_msgs(self):
+
+        # mix dict and array, wrong size
+        try:
+            DataFrame({'A': {'a': 'a', 'b': 'b'},
+                       'B': ['a', 'b', 'c']})
+        except (Exception), detail:
+            self.assert_(type(detail) == ValueError)
+            self.assert_("Mixing dicts with non-Series may lead to ambiguous ordering." in str(detail))
+
+        # wrong size ndarray, GH 3105
+        from pandas import date_range
+        try:
+            DataFrame(np.arange(12).reshape((4, 3)), columns=['foo', 'bar', 'baz'],
+                      index=date_range('2000-01-01', periods=3))
+        except (Exception), detail:
+            self.assert_(type(detail) == ValueError)
+            self.assert_(str(detail).startswith("Shape of passed values is (3, 4), indices imply (3, 3)"))
+
+        # higher dim raise exception
+        try:
+            DataFrame(np.zeros((3, 3, 3)), columns=['A', 'B', 'C'], index=[1])
+        except (Exception), detail:
+            self.assert_(type(detail) == ValueError)
+            self.assert_("Must pass 2-d input" in str(detail))
+
+        # wrong size axis labels
+        try:
+            DataFrame(np.random.rand(2,3), columns=['A', 'B', 'C'], index=[1])
+        except (Exception), detail:
+            self.assert_(type(detail) == ValueError)
+            self.assert_(str(detail).startswith("Shape of passed values is (3, 2), indices imply (3, 1)"))
+
+        try:
+            DataFrame(np.random.rand(2,3), columns=['A', 'B'], index=[1, 2])
+        except (Exception), detail:
+            self.assert_(type(detail) == ValueError)
+            self.assert_(str(detail).startswith("Shape of passed values is (3, 2), indices imply (2, 2)"))
+
+        try:
+            DataFrame({'a': False, 'b': True})
+        except (Exception), detail:
+            self.assert_(type(detail) == ValueError)
+            self.assert_("If use all scalar values, must pass index" in str(detail))
+
     def test_constructor_subclass_dict(self):
         # Test for passing dict subclass to constructor
         data = {'col1': tm.TestSubDict((x, 10.0 * x) for x in xrange(10)),
@@ -3545,7 +3590,7 @@ def test_from_records_bad_index_column(self):
         assert(df1.index.equals(Index(df.C)))
 
         # should fail
-        self.assertRaises(Exception, DataFrame.from_records, df, index=[2])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, DataFrame.from_records, df, index=[2])
         self.assertRaises(KeyError, DataFrame.from_records, df, index=2)
 
     def test_from_records_non_tuple(self):

pandas/tests/test_panel.py

@@ -939,9 +939,25 @@ def test_from_dict_mixed_orient(self):
         self.assert_(panel['foo'].values.dtype == np.object_)
         self.assert_(panel['A'].values.dtype == np.float64)
 
-    def test_values(self):
-        self.assertRaises(Exception, Panel, np.random.randn(5, 5, 5),
-                          range(5), range(5), range(4))
+    def test_constructor_error_msgs(self):
+
+        try:
+            Panel(np.random.randn(3,4,5), range(4), range(5), range(5))
+        except (Exception), detail:
+            self.assert_(type(detail) == ValueError)
+            self.assert_(str(detail).startswith("Shape of passed values is (3, 4, 5), indices imply (4, 5, 5)"))
+
+        try:
+            Panel(np.random.randn(3,4,5), range(5), range(4), range(5))
+        except (Exception), detail:
+            self.assert_(type(detail) == ValueError)
+            self.assert_(str(detail).startswith("Shape of passed values is (3, 4, 5), indices imply (5, 4, 5)"))
+
+        try:
+            Panel(np.random.randn(3,4,5), range(5), range(5), range(4))
+        except (Exception), detail:
+            self.assert_(type(detail) == ValueError)
+            self.assert_(str(detail).startswith("Shape of passed values is (3, 4, 5), indices imply (5, 5, 4)"))
 
     def test_conform(self):
         df = self.panel['ItemA'][:-5].filter(items=['A', 'B'])