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Fix AttributeError when groupby as_index=False on empty DataFrame #35324

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17 changes: 11 additions & 6 deletions pandas/core/groupby/generic.py
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Expand Up @@ -963,18 +963,23 @@ def aggregate(self, func=None, *args, engine=None, engine_kwargs=None, **kwargs)
# try to treat as if we are passing a list
try:
result = self._aggregate_multiple_funcs([func], _axis=self.axis)
except ValueError as err:
if "no results" not in str(err):
# raised directly by _aggregate_multiple_funcs
raise
result = self._aggregate_frame(func)
else:

# select everything except for the last level, which is the one
# containing the name of the function(s), see GH 32040
result.columns = result.columns.rename(
[self._selected_obj.columns.name] * result.columns.nlevels
).droplevel(-1)

except ValueError as err:
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if you leave this unchanged, does it work to put another try/except in the else

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  • I was trying to avoid that because nesting exception handling increase complexity.
  • But you are right. There is a chance that the self._aggregate_multiple_funcs also raise AttributeError and this will change the behavior in that case.
  • Will update the code as your suggestion. Thanks!

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I agree that nesting exception handling is not ideal, maybe an isinstance check for a Series instead.

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between nesting exception handling and explicit type-checking (also nesting inside another exception handling), I think the first one is less evil :). what do you think?

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from a static typing perspective, the isinstance is probably better. In this case, an AttributeError should be easily avoided. hasattr is not ideal from a static typing/mypy perspective either. However, leave it as a try/except for now and see what others think.

if "no results" not in str(err):
# raised directly by _aggregate_multiple_funcs
raise
result = self._aggregate_frame(func)
except AttributeError:
# catch exception from line 969
# (Series does not have attribute "columns"), see GH 35246
result = self._aggregate_frame(func)

if relabeling:

# used reordered index of columns
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions pandas/tests/groupby/test_groupby.py
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Expand Up @@ -605,6 +605,14 @@ def test_as_index_select_column():
tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)


def test_groupby_as_index_select_column_sum_empty_df():
# GH 35246
df = DataFrame(columns=["A", "B", "C"])
left = df.groupby(by="A", as_index=False)["B"].sum()
assert type(left) is DataFrame
assert left.to_dict() == {"A": {}, "B": {}}
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can you change this test to be more like (and closer to the issue op)

df = pd.DataFrame(columns=["a", "b"])
grp = df.groupby(by="a", as_index=False)["b"]
result = grp.sum()

expected = pd.DataFrame(index=pd.Int64Index([], dtype="int64"), columns=["a", "b"])
expected["b"] = expected["b"].astype("float64")

tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)

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this is great. I was struggling with IndexType



def test_groupby_as_index_agg(df):
grouped = df.groupby("A", as_index=False)

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