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I'd like to create multiple columns while resampling a pandas DataFrame like the built-in ohlc method.

def mhl(data):
    return pandas.Series([np.mean(data),np.max(data),np.min(data)],index = ['mean','high','low'])

ts.resample('30Min',how=mhl)

Dies with

Exception: Must produce aggregated value

Any suggestions? Thanks!

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You can pass a dictionary of functions to the resample method:

In [35]: ts
Out[35]:
2013-01-01 00:00:00     0
2013-01-01 00:15:00     1
2013-01-01 00:30:00     2
2013-01-01 00:45:00     3
2013-01-01 01:00:00     4
2013-01-01 01:15:00     5
...
2013-01-01 23:00:00    92
2013-01-01 23:15:00    93
2013-01-01 23:30:00    94
2013-01-01 23:45:00    95
2013-01-02 00:00:00    96
Freq: 15T, Length: 97

Create a dictionary of functions:

mhl = {'m':np.mean, 'h':np.max, 'l':np.min}

Pass the dictionary to the how parameter of resample:

In [36]: ts.resample("30Min", how=mhl)
Out[36]:
                      h     m   l
2013-01-01 00:00:00   1   0.5   0
2013-01-01 00:30:00   3   2.5   2
2013-01-01 01:00:00   5   4.5   4
2013-01-01 01:30:00   7   6.5   6
2013-01-01 02:00:00   9   8.5   8
2013-01-01 02:30:00  11  10.5  10
2013-01-01 03:00:00  13  12.5  12
2013-01-01 03:30:00  15  14.5  14
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It's about 10x faster to use "mean" than to use np.mean. Same goes for 'min' and 'max'
Is there a way to specify a default for most columns (e.g., sum instead of mean) and then override the method for a single column?
Neat trick: you can even pass a dictionary (for the columns) of dictionary of functions, like so: mhl = {'data_column_1': {'resultA': np.mean, 'resultB': max}, 'data_column_2': {'resultC': min, 'resultD': sum}}

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