shahryarjb

shahryarjb

Hello, I started the ml elixir book, the first code in this book has error for me :smiling_face_with_tear:

require Explorer.DataFrame, as: DF
iris = Explorer.Datasets.iris()
cols = ["sepal_width", "sepal_length", "petal_length", "petal_width"]

DF.mutate(iris,
  for col <- across(cols) do
    {col.name, (col - mean(col)) / variance(col)}
  end
)

Errors

** (ArgumentError) undefined variable "cols"
    (explorer 0.6.1) lib/explorer/query.ex:365: Explorer.Query.traverse/3
    (elixir 1.15.2) lib/enum.ex:1819: Enum."-map_reduce/3-lists^mapfoldl/2-0-"/3
    (explorer 0.6.1) lib/explorer/query.ex:375: Explorer.Query.traverse/3
    (explorer 0.6.1) lib/explorer/query.ex:401: Explorer.Query.traverse_for/3
    (explorer 0.6.1) lib/explorer/query.ex:298: anonymous fn/3 in Explorer.Query.traverse/2
    (elixir 1.15.2) lib/enum.ex:1819: Enum."-map_reduce/3-lists^mapfoldl/2-0-"/3
    (explorer 0.6.1) lib/explorer/query.ex:296: Explorer.Query.traverse/2
    (explorer 0.6.1) expanding macro: Explorer.Query.query/1

I am using LiveBook v0.10.0 and these deps:

Mix.install([
  {:axon, "~> 0.5"},
  {:nx, "~> 0.5"},
  {:explorer, "~> 0.5"},
  {:kino, "~> 0.5"}
])

It should be noted if I use the list directly it has not problem

require Explorer.DataFrame, as: DF
iris = Explorer.Datasets.iris()

DF.mutate(iris,
  for col <- across( ["sepal_width", "sepal_length", "petal_length", "petal_width"]) do
    {col.name, (col - mean(col)) / variance(col)}
  end
)

why it has this error?
Thank you in advance

Marked As Solved

codeanpeace

codeanpeace

It seems like Explorer.Query adopted a similar approach to Ecto.Query in its use of ^ for interpolation.

reference: Interpolation and Casting | Ecto.Query & Interpolation | Explorer.Query

p.s. It’s worth noting that the ^ in Ecto and Explorer is not the same as the ^ pin operator in Elixir – learn more about it here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73588330/why-do-ecto-queries-need-the-pin-operator

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seanmor5

seanmor5

Author of Genetic Algorithms in Elixir
shahryarjb

shahryarjb OP

I think the author should change it in the book, @seanmor5

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