candle.data_utils.discretize_dataframe

candle.data_utils.discretize_dataframe(df, col, bins=2, cutoffs=None)

Discretize values of given column in pandas dataframe.

Parameters:

• df (pandas dataframe) – dataframe to process.

• col (int) – Index of column to bin.

• bins (int) – Number of bins for distributing column values.

• cutoffs (list) – List of bin limits. If None, the limits are computed as percentiles. (Default: None).

Returns:

• Returns the data frame with the values of the specified column binned, i.e. the values

• are replaced by the associated bin number.