ENH: Implement core/strings/wrap method by jeffreystarr · Pull Request #6705 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)
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This patch implements the str_wrap function within core/strings. The implementation follows
the behavior of R's stringr library. When a string is 'wrap'ped, the return value will be a
paragraph with lines of max(word length, width) length.
Example:
str_wrap(Series([u'line to be wrapped', u'another line to be wrapped']), width=12) Series([u'line to be\nwrapped', u'another\nline to be\nwrapped'])
This patch implements the str_wrap function within core/strings. The implementation follows the behavior of R's stringr library. When a string is 'wrap'ped, the return value will be a paragraph with lines of max(word length, width) length.
can you show an example in the top fo the PR of using this.
Also need to add to the documentation in basics.rst (mention this function, don't need an example)
also add to comparison_with_r.rst
Couldn't this leverage the textwrap module?
…R's stringr library defaults and semantics (width being exclusive).
Expanded docstring with description of major optional parameters and added an example.
I've changed the implementation to use the textwrap module and expanded the documentation to reference many of the parameters wrap can now use.
I've also added a mention of wrap to basics.rst.
comparison_with_r.rst does not currently discuss any vectorized string operations. I think a new section to that file (to discuss all vectorized string operations) would be a PR by itself.
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should all of the arguments and their defaults be here? is their a reason you did it this other way?
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Since str_wrap is a wrapper around textwrap.TextWrapper.wrap, I did not want to restrict the interface to a subset of the options available. (There have been at least three parameters added to textwrap.TextWrapper from python 2.6 to 3.3.)
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hmm...that makes sense, the only issue then is the doc string.... @jorisvandenbossche any idea?
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I think it is OK now, with the docstring explaining the parameters. It's only the signature now that does not include all those.
But what is the reason not including the keyword arguments and its default values in the signature but instead in a dict in the function?
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Shouldn't we rather go with python's default value instead of changing the user input? And then putting a note explaining the difference with R?
… (thus matching textwrap module)
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can you add the refernce to this PR number
@jeffreystarr - I'd also like to make width a positional argument, which lets you do something like: df.str.wrap(30), which has a nice clarity to it vs. df.str.wrap(width=30). I'd suggest width should be required, because I'd say there isn't really a "default" width that really makes sense. This is a pretty minimal change, just needs to be def str_wrap(self, width, **kwargs) in each function.
As an aside, this previously was just NotImplemented right? So there's no issue with forcing width to be passed?
You are correct - it was previously NotImplemented. There is no impact to
existing code by making width required.
On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Jeff Tratner notifications@github.comwrote:
@jeffreystarr https://github.com/jeffreystarr - I'd also like to make
width a positional argument, which lets you do something like:
df.str.wrap(30), which has a nice clarity to it vs. df.str.wrap(width=30).
I'd suggest width should be required, because I'd say there isn't really
a "default" width that really makes sense. This is a pretty minimal change,
just needs to be def str_wrap(self, width, **kwargs) in each function.As an aside, this previously was just NotImplemented right? So there's no
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@jeffreystarr - great, then if it's okay with you, I'd suggest changing width to be required.
@jeffreystarr this looks good
can you can squash down to 1 commit would be great
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There should be a space before the : (like for width above)
Add test case for iterator data argument
Move the type check up to where other checks are performed
Use asserRaisesRegexp for more specific checking
Add fix to the release notes
hmm...looks like you somehow rebase to a different head
git rebase -i origin/master
should do the trick
if it doesn't, then:
- pull master
- create a new branch
git cherry-pick <commits>(you must pick 1 by one, starting with the oldest
the are YOUR commits (I think you have 6)
then this 'starts' you over
you can then
git push yourforck yourbranch -f
and it will erase this and replace with your new
small note on the advice of @jreback: be sure that origin (if this is your fork) is also updated, or you can rebase on upstream (if this is pydata/pandas):
git fetch upstream
git rebase upstream/master
This patch implements the str_wrap function within core/strings. The implementation follows the behavior of R's stringr library. When a string is 'wrap'ped, the return value will be a paragraph with lines of max(word length, width) length.
…R's stringr library defaults and semantics (width being exclusive).
Expanded docstring with description of major optional parameters and added an example.
… (thus matching textwrap module)
…an the direct str_wrap form.
…o str_wrap
Conflicts: doc/source/release.rst doc/source/v0.14.0.txt
closing in favor of #6999