Add repeat method to Categorical (ndarray compat) + fix PeriodIndex.repeat

Author: jorisvandenbossche

pandas/core/categorical.py

@@ -1599,6 +1599,20 @@ def describe(self):
 
         return result
 
+    def repeat(self, repeats):
+        """
+        Repeat elements of a Categorical.
+
+        See also
+        --------
+        numpy.ndarray.repeat
+
+        """
+        codes = self._codes.repeat(repeats)
+        return Categorical(values=codes, categories=self.categories,
+                           ordered=self.ordered, name=self.name, fastpath=True)
+
+
 ##### The Series.cat accessor #####
 
 class CategoricalAccessor(PandasDelegate):

pandas/tests/test_categorical.py

@@ -2704,7 +2704,6 @@ def f():
             df.append(df_wrong_categories)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, f)
 
-
     def test_merge(self):
         # GH 9426
 
@@ -2737,6 +2736,13 @@ def test_merge(self):
         result = pd.merge(cleft, cright, how='left', left_on='b', right_on='c')
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
+    def test_repeat(self):
+        #GH10183
+        cat = pd.Categorical(["a","b"], categories=["a","b"])
+        exp = pd.Categorical(["a", "a", "b", "b"], categories=["a","b"])
+        res = cat.repeat(2)
+        self.assert_categorical_equal(res, exp)
+
     def test_na_actions(self):
 
         cat = pd.Categorical([1,2,3,np.nan], categories=[1,2,3])

pandas/tests/test_index.py

@@ -2680,6 +2680,14 @@ def test_get_indexer(self):
         with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ValueError, 'different freq'):
             idx.asfreq('D').get_indexer(idx)
 
+    def test_repeat(self):
+        # GH10183
+        idx = pd.period_range('2000-01-01', periods=3, freq='D')
+        res = idx.repeat(3)
+        exp = PeriodIndex(idx.values.repeat(3), freq='D')
+        self.assert_index_equal(res, exp)
+        self.assertEqual(res.freqstr, 'D')
+
 
 class TestTimedeltaIndex(DatetimeLike, tm.TestCase):
     _holder = TimedeltaIndex

pandas/tseries/period.py

@@ -781,6 +781,17 @@ def append(self, other):
                      for x in to_concat]
         return Index(com._concat_compat(to_concat), name=name)
 
+    def repeat(self, n):
+        """
+        Return a new Index of the values repeated n times.
+
+        See also
+        --------
+        numpy.ndarray.repeat
+        """
+        # overwrites method from DatetimeIndexOpsMixin
+        return self._shallow_copy(self.values.repeat(n))
+
     def __setstate__(self, state):
         """Necessary for making this object picklable"""