您可以获取df.some_key.unique()的唯一值的randoms示例,使用它来对df进行切片,最后对结果进行groupby:
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df = pd.DataFrame({'some_key': [0,1,2,3,0,1,2,3,0,1,2,3],
'val': [1,2,3,4,1,5,1,5,1,6,7,8]})
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print df[df.some_key.isin(random.sample(df.some_key.unique(),2))].groupby('some_key').mean()
val
some_key
0 1.000000
2 3.666667
如果有多个groupby键:
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df = pd.DataFrame({'some_key1':[0,1,2,3,0,1,2,3,0,1,2,3],
'some_key2':[0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2],
'val': [1,2,3,4,1,5,1,5,1,6,7,8]})
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gby = df.groupby(['some_key1', 'some_key2'])
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print gby.mean().ix[random.sample(gby.indices.keys(),2)]
val
some_key1 some_key2
1 1 5
3 2 8
但是如果你只想获得每个组的值,你甚至不需要麻烦,MultiIndex会做:
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idx = random.sample(set(pd.MultiIndex.from_product((df.some_key1, df.some_key2)).tolist()),
2)
print df.set_index(['some_key1', 'some_key2']).ix[idx]
val
some_key1 some_key2
2 0 3
3 1 5