On May 27, 11:28 am, Steve Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bejeezus. The description of groupby in the docs is > > a poster child > > for why the docs need user comments. Can someone > > explain to me in > > what sense the name 'uniquekeys' is used this > > example: [...] > > The groupby method has its uses, but it's behavior is > going to be very surprising to anybody that has used > the "group by" syntax of SQL, because Python's groupby > method will repeat groups if your data is not sorted, > whereas SQL has the luxury of (knowing that it's) > working with a finite data set, so it can provide the > more convenient semantics. > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > _________You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck > in the all-new Yahoo! Mail > Beta.http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html
> The groupby method has its uses I'd settle for a simple explanation of what it does in python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
