ENH: Adding some common functionalities

[maddytae]

Feature Type

• Adding new functionality to pandas

• Changing existing functionality in pandas

• Removing existing functionality in pandas

Problem Description

Some feature suggestions.

1. Pandas Plotting: Method chaining in plotting would make it really powerful.
   sample:- https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/plotter.ipynb
2. Select: Native R like select function in pandas would make method chaining much more easier.
   sample:-https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/select.ipynb
3. qry:- A dict based filtering criteria.
   sample:- https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/qry.ipynb
4. reshaping: More intuitive reshaping.
   sample:- https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/shape.ipynb
5. aggregation: easy aggregation.
   sample:- https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/agg_df.ipynb
6. Other utilities: Some minor useful functions.
   sample:- https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/other_utilities.ipynb

Feature Description

Sample implementation:-

1. https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/pytae/plotting.py
2. https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/pytae/select.py
3. https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/pytae/qry.py
4. https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/pytae/shape.py
5. https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/agg_df.ipynb
6. https://github.com/maddytae/pytae/blob/master/src/pytae/other_utilities.py

Alternative Solutions

https://pypi.org/project/pytae/

Additional Context

Apologies for not following conventions. I am still learning and have little experiencing contributing to open source. I have also leveraged llms for some of the codes but again I am hopeful the ideas I have share others will find some of it useful.

[Delengowski]

How is 2 a benefit over __getitem __?

3 I see little value as its all doable by by query

4 there's plenty of methods for convert from wide to long

5 how is that different than you can currently do with agg currently?

[mroeschke]

Thanks for the suggestions but I would be -1 on including any of these in pandas as is. IMO these functionalities are similar to what already exists in pandas. Closing