define aggfunc for each values column in pandas pivot table
You can concat two DataFrames:
>>> df1 = pd.pivot_table(df, values=['D'], rows=['B'], aggfunc=np.sum)
>>> df2 = pd.pivot_table(df, values=['E'], rows=['B'], aggfunc=np.mean)
>>> pd.concat((df1, df2), axis=1)
D E
B
A 1.810847 -0.524178
B 2.762190 -0.443031
C 0.867519 0.078460
or you can pass list of functions as aggfunc
parameter and then reindex:
>>> df3 = pd.pivot_table(df, values=['D','E'], rows=['B'], aggfunc=[np.sum, np.mean])
>>> df3
sum mean
D E D E
B
A 1.810847 -4.193425 0.226356 -0.524178
B 2.762190 -3.544245 0.345274 -0.443031
C 0.867519 0.627677 0.108440 0.078460
>>> df3 = df3.ix[:, [('sum', 'D'), ('mean','E')]]
>>> df3.columns = ['D', 'E']
>>> df3
D E
B
A 1.810847 -0.524178
B 2.762190 -0.443031
C 0.867519 0.078460
Alghouth, it would be nice to have an option to defin aggfunc
for each column individually. Don't know how it could be done, may be pass into aggfunc
dict-like parameter, like {'D':np.mean, 'E':np.sum}
.
update Actually, in your case you can pivot by hand:
>>> df.groupby('B').aggregate({'D':np.sum, 'E':np.mean})
E D
B
A -0.524178 1.810847
B -0.443031 2.762190
C 0.078460 0.867519
You can apply a specific function to a specific column by passing in a dict.
pd.pivot_table(df, values=['D','E'], rows=['B'], aggfunc={'D':np.sum, 'E':np.mean})