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Add summary level comparison to `Compare`
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Type: ★ Enhancement
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 490
- Forks
- 32
- Avg merge
- 14h 24m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 2
Description
Add the following summary comparisons between data:
- n variables
- n obs
- label (what the two datasets will be referred to, perhaps A and B)
- Set description of variables (in common, in left, etc.)
- Conflicting types
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Python implementation and entry point for Compare, then inspect how it currently compares the two datasets. Done means the comparison reports n variables, n observations, dataset labels, variable-set descriptions, and conflicting types; the issue does not name specific files or tests to run.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100