polars.Expr.clip#

Set values outside the given boundaries to the boundary value.

Parameters:

lower_bound: Lower bound. Accepts expression input. Non-expression inputs are parsed as literals.
upper_bound: Upper bound. Accepts expression input. Non-expression inputs are parsed as literals.

See also

when

Notes

This method only works for numeric and temporal columns. To clip other data types, consider writing a when-then-otherwise expression. See when().

Examples

Specifying both a lower and upper bound:

>>> df = pl.DataFrame({"a": [-50, 5, 50, None]})
>>> df.with_columns(clip=pl.col("a").clip(1, 10))
shape: (4, 2)
┌──────┬──────┐
│ a    ┆ clip │
│ ---  ┆ ---  │
│ i64  ┆ i64  │
╞══════╪══════╡
│ -50  ┆ 1    │
│ 5    ┆ 5    │
│ 50   ┆ 10   │
│ null ┆ null │
└──────┴──────┘

Specifying only a single bound:

>>> df.with_columns(clip=pl.col("a").clip(upper_bound=10))
shape: (4, 2)
┌──────┬──────┐
│ a    ┆ clip │
│ ---  ┆ ---  │
│ i64  ┆ i64  │
╞══════╪══════╡
│ -50  ┆ -50  │
│ 5    ┆ 5    │
│ 50   ┆ 10   │
│ null ┆ null │
└──────┴──────┘