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nahata5
nahata5

Reputation: 1601

Python/pandas/numpy: 'StringMethods' object has no attribute 'capitalize'

An unusual question, in my remote docker environment linux gcc with python 2.7.6

sentence_case = {
  'value': np.asscalar(working_df.subject.isin(working_df.subject.str.capitalize()).sum()),
  'label': 'Sentence case'
}

correctly works and produces my array I am looking for, however in my local python anaconda distribution of the same version of 2.7.6, I get 'StringMethods' object has no attribute 'capitalize'

From what I've read on https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods this capitalize string method is "locale-dependent" which I'm not quite sure what that means but I can only conclude this is the reason for the error.

How should I go about error handling this or is there anything I can do to completely replicate the docker environment. Thanks for any help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1961

Answers (1)

Stefan
Stefan

Reputation: 42885

The error message suggests that the result of the str StringMethod as applied to a pandas Series does not have the attribute capitalize - so I would be looking for issues with the pandas version rather than with the python string methods.

The locale dependency refers to location-specific application of these methods, not the availability of methods per se.

Upvotes: 2

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