python equivalent of R table

Question

I have a list

[[12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [         


        

Answer 1

Pandas has a built-in function called value_counts().

Example: if your DataFrame has a column with values as 0's and 1's, and you want to count the total frequencies for each of them, then simply use this:

df.colName.value_counts()

Answer 2

You can probably do a 1-dimensional count with list comprehension.

L = [[12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 6], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [6, 0]]
countey = [tuple(x) for x in L]
freq = {x:countey.count(x) for x in set(countey)}

In [2]: %timeit {x:countey.count(x) for x in set(countey)}
        100000 loops, best of 3: 15.2 µs per loop   

In [4]: print(freq)
Out[4]: {(0, 6): 19, (6, 0): 20, (12, 0): 33, (12, 6): 28}

In [5]: print(freq[(12,6)])
Out[5]: 28

Answer 3

import pandas
x = [[12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 6], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [6, 0]] 
ps = pandas.Series([tuple(i) for i in x])
counts = ps.value_counts()
print counts

you will get the result like:

(12, 0)    33
(12, 6)    28
(6, 0)     20
(0, 6)     19

and for [(12,6)] you will get exact number, here 28

more about pandas, which is powerful Python data analysis toolkit, you can read in official doc: http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/

UPDATE:

If order does not matter just use sorted: ps = pandas.Series([tuple(sorted(i)) for i in x]) after that result is:

(0, 6)     39
(0, 12)    33
(6, 12)    28

Answer 4

IMHO, pandas offers a better solution for this "tabulation" problem:

One dimension:

my_tab = pd.crosstab(index = df["feature_you_r_interested_in"],
                              columns="count")

Proportion count:

my_tab/my_tab.sum()

Two-dimensions (with totals):

cross = pd.crosstab(index=df["feat1"], 
                             columns=df["feat2"],
                             margins=True)

cross

Also, as mentioned by other coleagues, pandas value_counts method could be all you need. It is so good that you can have the counts as percentages if you want:

df['your feature'].value_counts(normalize=True)

I'm very grateful for this blog:

http://hamelg.blogspot.com.br/2015/11/python-for-data-analysis-part-19_17.html

Answer 5

A Counter object from the collections library will function like that.

from collections import Counter

x = [[12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 6], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [6, 0]]

# Since the elements passed to a `Counter` must be hashable, we have to change the lists to tuples.
x = [tuple(element) for element in x]

freq = Counter(x)

print freq[(12,6)]

# Result:  28

Answer 6

In Numpy, the best way I've found of doing this is to use unique, e.g:

import numpy as np

# OPs data
arr = np.array([[12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 6], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [6, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [0, 6], [12, 0], [0, 6], [12, 6], [6, 0], [12, 6], [12, 6], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [0, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [12, 0], [12, 6], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 6], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [12, 0], [6, 0], [6, 0]])

values, counts = np.unique(arr, axis=0, return_counts=True)

# into a dict for presentation
{tuple(a):b for a,b in zip(values, counts)}

giving me: {(0, 6): 19, (6, 0): 20, (12, 0): 33, (12, 6): 28} which matches the other answers

This example is a bit more complicated than I normally see, and hence the need for the axis=0 option, if you just want unique values everywhere, you can just miss that out:

# generate random values
x = np.random.negative_binomial(10, 10/(6+10), 100000)

# get table
values, counts = np.unique(x, return_counts=True)

# plot
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.vlines(values, 0, counts, lw=2)

R seems to make this sort of thing much more convenient! The above Python code is just plot(table(rnbinom(100000, 10, mu=6))).