DOC Fixing EX01 - added examples

ci/code_checks.sh

@@ -85,12 +85,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
 
     MSG='Partially validate docstrings (EX01)' ;  echo $MSG
     $BASE_DIR/scripts/validate_docstrings.py --format=actions --errors=EX01 --ignore_functions \
-        pandas.Series.item \
-        pandas.Series.pipe \
-        pandas.Series.mode \
-        pandas.Series.is_unique \
-        pandas.Series.is_monotonic_increasing \
-        pandas.Series.is_monotonic_decreasing \
         pandas.Series.backfill \
         pandas.Series.bfill \
         pandas.Series.ffill \
@@ -324,7 +318,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.Index.fillna \
         pandas.Index.dropna \
         pandas.Index.astype \
-        pandas.Index.item \
         pandas.Index.map \
         pandas.Index.ravel \
         pandas.Index.to_list \
@@ -467,8 +460,6 @@ if [[ -z "$CHECK" || "$CHECK" == "docstrings" ]]; then
         pandas.core.groupby.SeriesGroupBy.cumsum \
         pandas.core.groupby.SeriesGroupBy.diff \
         pandas.core.groupby.SeriesGroupBy.ffill \
-        pandas.core.groupby.SeriesGroupBy.is_monotonic_increasing \
-        pandas.core.groupby.SeriesGroupBy.is_monotonic_decreasing \
         pandas.core.groupby.SeriesGroupBy.max \
         pandas.core.groupby.SeriesGroupBy.median \
         pandas.core.groupby.SeriesGroupBy.min \

pandas/core/base.py

@@ -357,12 +357,24 @@ def item(self):
         Returns
         -------
         scalar
-            The first element of Series.
+            The first element of Series or Index.
 
         Raises
         ------
         ValueError
-            If the data is not length-1.
+            If the data is not length = 1.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> s = pd.Series([1])
+        >>> s.item()
+        1
+
+        For an index:
+
+        >>> s = pd.Series([1], index=['a'])
+        >>> s.index.item()
+        'a'
         """
         if len(self) == 1:
             return next(iter(self))
@@ -965,6 +977,12 @@ def is_unique(self) -> bool:
         Returns
         -------
         bool
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> s = pd.Series([1, 2, 3, 1])
+        >>> s.is_unique
+        False
         """
         return self.nunique(dropna=False) == len(self)
 
@@ -976,6 +994,12 @@ def is_monotonic_increasing(self) -> bool:
         Returns
         -------
         bool
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> s = pd.Series([1, 2, 2])
+        >>> s.is_monotonic_increasing
+        True
         """
         from pandas import Index
 
@@ -989,6 +1013,12 @@ def is_monotonic_decreasing(self) -> bool:
         Returns
         -------
         bool
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> s = pd.Series([3, 2, 2, 1])
+        >>> s.is_monotonic_decreasing
+        True
         """
         from pandas import Index
 

pandas/core/groupby/generic.py

@@ -1170,13 +1170,43 @@ def cov(
         return result
 
     @property
-    @doc(Series.is_monotonic_increasing.__doc__)
     def is_monotonic_increasing(self) -> Series:
+        # GH13
+        """
+        Return boolean if values in the group are monotonically increasing.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> s = pd.Series([2, 1, 3, 4], index=['Falcon', 'Falcon', 'Parrot', 'Parrot'])
+        >>> s.groupby(level=0).is_monotonic_increasing
+        Falcon    False
+        Parrot     True
+        dtype: bool
+        """
         return self.apply(lambda ser: ser.is_monotonic_increasing)
 
     @property
-    @doc(Series.is_monotonic_decreasing.__doc__)
     def is_monotonic_decreasing(self) -> Series:
+        # GH13
+        """
+        Return boolean if values in the group are monotonically decreasing.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> s = pd.Series([2, 1, 3, 4], index=['Falcon', 'Falcon', 'Parrot', 'Parrot'])
+        >>> s.groupby(level=0).is_monotonic_decreasing
+        Falcon     True
+        Parrot    False
+        dtype: bool
+        """
         return self.apply(lambda ser: ser.is_monotonic_decreasing)
 
     @doc(Series.hist.__doc__)

pandas/core/series.py

@@ -2081,6 +2081,32 @@ def mode(self, dropna: bool = True) -> Series:
         -------
         Series
             Modes of the Series in sorted order.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> s = pd.Series([2, 4, 2, 2, 4, None])
+        >>> s.mode()
+        0    2.0
+        dtype: float64
+
+        More than one mode:
+
+        >>> s = pd.Series([2, 4, 8, 2, 4, None])
+        >>> s.mode()
+        0    2.0
+        1    4.0
+        dtype: float64
+
+        With and without considering null value:
+
+        >>> s = pd.Series([2, 4, None, None, 4, None])
+        >>> s.mode(dropna=False)
+        0   NaN
+        dtype: float64
+        >>> s = pd.Series([2, 4, None, None, 4, None])
+        >>> s.mode()
+        0    4.0
+        dtype: float64
         """
         # TODO: Add option for bins like value_counts()
         values = self._values