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Mode

Running mode.

The mode is simply the most common value. An approximate mode can be computed by setting the number of first unique values to count.

Parameters

  • k

    Default25

    Only the first k unique values will be included. If k equals -1, the exact mode is computed.

Attributes

  • name

Examples

from river import stats

X = ['sunny', 'cloudy', 'cloudy', 'rainy', 'rainy', 'rainy']
mode = stats.Mode(k=2)
for x in X:
    mode.update(x)
    print(mode.get())
sunny
sunny
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy

mode = stats.Mode(k=-1)
for x in X:
    mode.update(x)
    print(mode.get())
sunny
sunny
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
rainy

Methods

get

Return the current value of the statistic.

update

Update and return the called instance.

Parameters

  • x'numbers.Number'