In R (thanks to magritrr) you can now perform operations with a more functional piping syntax via %>%. This means that instead of coding this: <
There is dfply module. You can find more information at
https://github.com/kieferk/dfply
Some examples are:
from dfply import *
diamonds >> group_by('cut') >> row_slice(5)
diamonds >> distinct(X.color)
diamonds >> filter_by(X.cut == 'Ideal', X.color == 'E', X.table < 55, X.price < 500)
diamonds >> mutate(x_plus_y=X.x + X.y, y_div_z=(X.y / X.z)) >> select(columns_from('x')) >> head(3)