staircase.Stairs.percentile_stairs¶
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Stairs.
percentile_stairs
(lower=-inf, upper=inf)¶ Calculates a percentile function (and returns a corresponding Stairs instance)
This method can be used for efficiency gains if substituting for multiple calls to percentile() with the same lower and upper parameters
Parameters: - lower (int, float or pandas.Timestamp, optional) – lower bound of the interval on which to perform the calculation
- upper (int, float or pandas.Timestamp, optional) – upper bound of the interval on which to perform the calculation
Returns: An instance representing a percentile function
Return type: See also
Examples
>>> fig, axes = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=2, figsize=(12,5)) >>> s2.plot(axes[0]) >>> axes[0].set_title("s2") >>> s2_percentiles = s2.percentile_stairs() >>> s2_percentiles.plot(axes[1]) >>> axes[0].set_title("s2 percentiles") >>> s2_percentiles(55) 0.0 >>> s2_percentiles(75) 0.5