I apologize for a very low-level question but I’ve just started learning the language and getting stumped. I am trying to take a dataframe and create a new column that’s the average of two other columns. I understand that this is what the transform function is supposed to do, but I’m having a hard t…

A way to use transform is the following: transform(df, [:A, :B] => ((a, b) -> (a .+ b) ./ 2) => :Average) i.e., you need to provide original_columns => some_function => new_column. Note that the function takes the whole column vectors as arguments and usually requires explicit broadcasting. DataF…

How to use the transform function on data frames

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ginger_snaps October 4, 2023, 8:06pm 2

Why not just
df.Average = (df.A + df.B) / 2
?

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How to use the transform function on data frames

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