agate 1.9.1#

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agate is a Python data analysis library that is optimized for humans instead of machines. It is an alternative to numpy and pandas that solves real-world problems with readable code.

agate was previously known as journalism.

Important links:

Show me docs#

  • About - why you should use agate and the principles that guide its development

  • Install - how to install for users and developers

  • Tutorial - a step-by-step guide to start using agate

  • Cookbook - sample code showing how to accomplish dozens of common tasks, including comparisons to SQL, R, etc.

  • Extensions - a list of libraries that extend agate functionality and how to build your own

  • API - technical documentation for every agate feature

  • Changelog - a record of every change made to agate for each release

Show me code#

import agate

purchases = agate.Table.from_csv('examples/realdata/ks_1033_data.csv')

by_county = purchases.group_by('county')

totals = by_county.aggregate([
    ('county_cost', agate.Sum('total_cost'))
])

totals = totals.order_by('county_cost', reverse=True)
totals.limit(10).print_bars('county', 'county_cost', width=80)
county     county_cost
SEDGWICK    977,174.45 ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
COFFEY      691,749.03 ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
MONTGOMERY  447,581.20 ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
JOHNSON     420,628.00 ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
SALINE      245,450.24 ▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
FINNEY      171,862.20 ▓░░░░░░░░░░
BROWN       145,254.96 ▓░░░░░░░░
KIOWA        97,974.00 ▓░░░░░
WILSON       74,747.10 ▓░░░░
FORD         70,780.00 ▓░░░░
                       +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
                       0          250,000       500,000       750,000  1,000,000

This example, along with detailed comments, are available as a Jupyter notebook.

Join us#

  • Contributing - guidance for developers who want to contribute to agate

  • Release process - the process for maintainers to publish new releases

  • License - a copy of the MIT open source license covering agate

Who we are#

agate is made by a community. The following individuals have contributed code, documentation, or expertise to agate:

Indices and tables#