polars mean for dataframe

Creates a mean expression for an aggregation or aggregates columns to their mean value.

This command requires a plugin

The polars mean command resides in the polars plugin. To use this command, you must install and register nu_plugin_polars. See the Plugins chapter in the book for more information.

Signature

> polars mean {flags}

Input/output types:

inputoutput
anyany

Examples

Mean value from columns in a dataframe

> [[a b]; [6 2] [4 2] [2 2]] | polars into-df | polars mean
╭───┬──────┬──────╮
│ # │  a   │  b   │
├───┼──────┼──────┤
│ 0 │ 4.00 │ 2.00 │
╰───┴──────┴──────╯

Mean aggregation for a group-by

> [[a b]; [one 2] [one 4] [two 1]]
                | polars into-df
                | polars group-by a
                | polars agg (polars col b | polars mean)
                | polars collect
                | polars sort-by a
╭───┬─────┬──────╮
│ # │  a  │  b   │
├───┼─────┼──────┤
│ 0 │ one │ 3.00 │
│ 1 │ two │ 1.00 │
╰───┴─────┴──────╯