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function returns dataframe as list - harum - Aug-13-2022
Hello, I have a function that takes a dataframe as an argument and returns a modified dataframe; and the modified dataframe is a dataframe object as checked with isinstance before return. However, in the calling function the variable assigned to the returned dataframe is no longer a dataframe but a list. Any ideas why would that be? Thanks!
RE: function returns dataframe as list - harum - Aug-13-2022
(Aug-13-2022, 08:04 PM)harum Wrote: Hello, I have a function that takes a dataframe as an argument and returns a modified dataframe; and the modified dataframe is a dataframe object as checked with isinstance before return. However, in the calling function the variable assigned to the returned dataframe is no longer a dataframe but a list. Any ideas why would that be? Thanks!
If anyone is interested, it was a newbie mistake, used "return [dataframe_name]" instead of "return dataframe_name".
RE: function returns dataframe as list - rob101 - Aug-13-2022
(Aug-13-2022, 08:19 PM)harum Wrote: used "return [dataframe_name]"
Yes, that would do it.
Good that you worked it out: that's learning, right there.