[Numpy-discussion] New function `count_unique` to generate contingency tables.

[Eelco Hoogendoorn]

ah yes, that's also an issue I was trying to deal with. the semantics I
prefer in these type of operators, is (as a default), to have every array
be treated as a sequence of keys, so if calling unique(arr_2d), youd get
unique rows, unless you pass axis=None, in which case the array is
flattened.

I also agree that the extension you propose here is useful; but ideally,
with a little more discussion on these subjects we can converge on an
even more comprehensive overhaul


On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Joe Kington <joferkington at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Eelco Hoogendoorn <
> hoogendoorn.eelco at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks. Prompted by that stackoverflow question, and similar problems I
>> had to deal with myself, I started working on a much more general extension
>> to numpy's functionality in this space. Like you noted, things get a little
>> panda-y, but I think there is a lot of panda's functionality that could or
>> should be part of the numpy core, a robust set of grouping operations in
>> particular.
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>> see pastebin here:
>> http://pastebin.com/c5WLWPbp
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> On a side note, this is related to a pull request of mine from awhile
> back: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/3584
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> There was a lot of disagreement on the mailing list about what to call a
> "unique slices along a given axis" function, so I wound up closing the pull
> request pending more discussion.
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> At any rate, I think it's a useful thing to have in "base" numpy.
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