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Teradata® Package for Python Function Reference on VantageCloud Lake

Deployment
VantageCloud
Edition
Lake
Product
Teradata Package for Python
Release Number
20.00.00.03
Published
December 2024
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2024-12-19
dita:id
TeradataPython_FxRef_Lake_2000
Product Category
Teradata Vantage
teradataml.dataframe.sql.DataFrameColumn.week_start = week_start()
DESCRIPTION:
    Function returns the first date or timestamp of the week that begins immediately before the specified date or
    timestamp value in a column as a literal.
 
ALTERNATE NAME:
    week_begin
 
RAISES:
    TypeError, ValueError, TeradataMlException
 
RETURNS:
    DataFrameColumn
 
EXAMPLES:
    # Load the data to run the example.
    >>> load_example_data("dataframe", ["sales"])
 
    # Create a DataFrame on 'sales' table.
    >>> df = DataFrame.from_table('sales')
 
    # Preparing the data.
    >>> df_sales = df.assign(dates = case([(df.accounts == 'Alpha Co', df.datetime + random.randrange(20,1000,3)),
                            (df.accounts == 'Blue Inc', df.datetime + random.randrange(20,1000,3)),
                            (df.accounts == 'Jones LLC', df.datetime + random.randrange(20,1000,3)),
                            (df.accounts == 'Orange Inc', df.datetime + random.randrange(20,1000,3)),
                            (df.accounts == 'Yellow Inc', df.datetime + random.randrange(20,1000,3)),
                            (df.accounts == 'Red Inc', df.datetime + random.randrange(20,1000,3))]))
 
    # Example 1: Returns the first date or timestamp of the week that begins immediately before the specified date
    #            or timestamp value in a column as a literal.
    >>> df = df_sales.assign(res = df_sales.dates.week_start())
    >>> print(df)
                          Feb    Jan    Mar    Apr    datetime     dates       res
    accounts
    Alpha Co            210.0  200.0  215.0  250.0  04/01/2017  18/03/20  18/03/18
    Blue Inc             90.0   50.0   95.0  101.0  04/01/2017  19/02/25  19/02/24
    Jones LLC           200.0  150.0  140.0  180.0  04/01/2017  17/04/27  17/04/23
    Orange Inc          210.0    NaN    NaN  250.0  04/01/2017  19/05/29  19/05/26
    Yellow Inc           90.0    NaN    NaN    NaN  04/01/2017  18/10/22  18/10/21
    Red Inc             200.0  150.0  140.0    NaN  04/01/2017  17/08/07  17/08/06