How to I factorize a list of tuples?

Question

definition
factorize: Map each unique object into a unique integer. Typically, the range of integers mapped to is from zero to the n - 1 where n is

Answer 1

Initialize your list of tuples as a Series, then call factorize:

pd.Series(tups).factorize()[0]

[0 1 2 3 4 1 2]