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43 changes: 41 additions & 2 deletions pandas/core/groupby/groupby.py
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Expand Up @@ -1297,9 +1297,48 @@ def count(self):
@Appender(_doc_template)
def mean(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""
Compute mean of groups, excluding missing values
Compute mean of groups, excluding missing values.
For multiple groupings, the result index will be a MultiIndex
Returns
-------
pandas.Series or pandas.DataFrame
Examples
--------
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({'A': [1, 1, 2, 1, 2],
... 'B': [np.nan, 2, 3, 4, 5],
... 'C': [1, 2, 1, 1, 2]}, columns=['A', 'B', 'C'])
Groupby one column and return the mean of the remaining columns in
each group.
>>> df.groupby('A').mean()
>>>
B C
A
1 3.0 1.333333
2 4.0 1.500000
Groupby two columns and return the mean of the remaining column.
>>> df.groupby(['A', 'B']).mean()
>>>
C
A B
1 2.0 2
4.0 1
2 3.0 1
5.0 2
Groupby one column and return the mean of only particular column in
the group.
>>> df.groupby('A')['B'].mean()
>>>
A
1 3.0
2 4.0
Name: B, dtype: float64
"""
nv.validate_groupby_func('mean', args, kwargs, ['numeric_only'])
try:
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