ENH: a readable sample function or an improvement

[nagapv]

Feature Type

• Adding new functionality to pandas

• Changing existing functionality in pandas

• Removing existing functionality in pandas

Problem Description

Hi All! We have efficient sampling options already and it's also possible to increase "display.max_colwidth" for readability.
But still, there are many situations, where those who work with text data needs a bit more readability. Look at the following screenshot:-

Feature Description

I've been doing EDA and also into QA of datasets for the past 5+ years, and spot checks, etc. are impossible without readability.

I've been using this simple, skeletal for loop function for a while. This is really useful. Can we improve on this?

def sample(df):
row = df.sample()
for i in row:
print(i)
print("", row[i].iloc[0], '\n')

Alternative Solutions

The only customization is display.max_colwidth, and pd.options.display.max_rows is not related to this for now.

Additional Context

No response

[jesse-sealand]

What would the enhancement provide? Would this be like transposing each row into the format you provided?

[nagapv]

What would the enhancement provide? Would this be like transposing each row into the format you provided?

Yes! It's convenient for those who like to read/compare all the text in the cells and do it a lot regularly. So a single function will reduce their effort, making it a good exploratory process.