polars.LazyFrame.group_by

LazyFrame.group_by(

by: IntoExpr | Iterable[IntoExpr],

*more_by: IntoExpr,

maintain_order: bool = False,

) → LazyGroupBy

Start a group by operation.

Parameters:

by

Column(s) to group by. Accepts expression input. Strings are parsed as column names.

*more_by

Additional columns to group by, specified as positional arguments.

maintain_order

Ensure that the order of the groups is consistent with the input data. This is slower than a default group by. Setting this to True blocks the possibility to run on the streaming engine.

Examples

Group by one column and call agg to compute the grouped sum of another column.

>>> lf = pl.LazyFrame(
...     {
...         "a": ["a", "b", "a", "b", "c"],
...         "b": [1, 2, 1, 3, 3],
...         "c": [5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
...     }
... )
>>> lf.group_by("a").agg(pl.col("b").sum()).collect()  
shape: (3, 2)
┌─────┬─────┐
│ a   ┆ b   │
│ --- ┆ --- │
│ str ┆ i64 │
╞═════╪═════╡
│ a   ┆ 2   │
│ b   ┆ 5   │
│ c   ┆ 3   │
└─────┴─────┘

Set maintain_order=True to ensure the order of the groups is consistent with the input.

>>> lf.group_by("a", maintain_order=True).agg(pl.col("c")).collect()
shape: (3, 2)
┌─────┬───────────┐
│ a   ┆ c         │
│ --- ┆ ---       │
│ str ┆ list[i64] │
╞═════╪═══════════╡
│ a   ┆ [5, 3]    │
│ b   ┆ [4, 2]    │
│ c   ┆ [1]       │
└─────┴───────────┘

Group by multiple columns by passing a list of column names.

>>> lf.group_by(["a", "b"]).agg(pl.max("c")).collect()  
shape: (4, 3)
┌─────┬─────┬─────┐
│ a   ┆ b   ┆ c   │
│ --- ┆ --- ┆ --- │
│ str ┆ i64 ┆ i64 │
╞═════╪═════╪═════╡
│ a   ┆ 1   ┆ 5   │
│ b   ┆ 2   ┆ 4   │
│ b   ┆ 3   ┆ 2   │
│ c   ┆ 3   ┆ 1   │
└─────┴─────┴─────┘

Or use positional arguments to group by multiple columns in the same way. Expressions are also accepted.

>>> lf.group_by("a", pl.col("b") // 2).agg(
...     pl.col("c").mean()
... ).collect()  
shape: (3, 3)
┌─────┬─────┬─────┐
│ a   ┆ b   ┆ c   │
│ --- ┆ --- ┆ --- │
│ str ┆ i64 ┆ f64 │
╞═════╪═════╪═════╡
│ a   ┆ 0   ┆ 4.0 │
│ b   ┆ 1   ┆ 3.0 │
│ c   ┆ 1   ┆ 1.0 │
└─────┴─────┴─────┘