Feature request: "target ~ ." syntax
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Description
R lets you regress a target against all the variables in the dataframe by simply typing "target ~ ."
This is particularly useful when we have lots of columns and don't want to specify each predictor. I don't think patsy supports this yet. Any chance if it can be added? Thanks.
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No file or test is named. Start by tracing how patsy parses formulas and expands dataframe columns, then add coverage for target ~ .; done means the syntax expands to all dataframe variables without listing predictors.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- data
- Issue type
- Feature
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