dask.dataframe.DataFrame.median_approximate

dask.dataframe.DataFrame.median_approximate

DataFrame.median_approximate(axis=None, method='default')

Return the approximate median of the values over the requested axis.

Parameters
axis{0, 1, “index”, “columns”} (default 0)

0 or "index" for row-wise, 1 or "columns" for column-wise

method{‘default’, ‘tdigest’, ‘dask’}, optional

What method to use. By default will use Dask’s internal custom algorithm ("dask"). If set to "tdigest" will use tdigest for floats and ints and fallback to the "dask" otherwise.