pydit.wrangling.counts.count_cumulative_unique

pydit.wrangling.counts.count_cumulative_unique(df, column_name, dest_column_name, case_sensitive=True)[source]

Generates a running total of cumulative unique values in a given column.

Parameters:

  • df (pd.DataFrame) – Dataframe to be analyzed

  • column_name (Hashable) – Name of the column containing values from which a running count of unique values will be created.

  • dest_column_name (str) – Name of the column to be created containing the cumulative count of unique values.

  • case_sensitive (bool, optional, default True) – Whether or not uppercase and lowercase letters will be considered equal (e.g., ‘A’ != ‘a’ if True).

Returns:

Dataframe with a new column containing the cumulative count of unique values in the given column.

Return type:

pd.DataFrame