prepx 1.0.0

One-line DataFrame cleaning and EDA for pandas with advanced outlier detection, imputation, and drift analysis.

prepx v2

One-line DataFrame cleaning and EDA with advanced imputation, outlier detection, and drift analysis.

from prepx import clean, eda

cleaned_df, clean_report = clean(df)
eda_report = eda(cleaned_df, target="price")

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Features

Cleaning (v2 new)

• Type Coercion — Auto-convert strings to numeric/datetime BEFORE missing handling
• Advanced Missing Handling — ffill, bfill, median/mode, KNN, MICE (iterative imputer)
• Missing Indicators — Add binary columns flagging where values were missing
• Multiple Outlier Methods — IQR, Z-score, Modified Z-score (MAD), Isolation Forest
• Outlier Actions — Cap (winsorize), remove rows, or flag with indicators
• Fuzzy Deduplication — rapidfuzz for near-duplicate detection
• Categorical Normalization — Standardize "USA" = "U.S.A" = "United States"
• Leakage Detection — Flag ID columns, timestamps that cause look-ahead bias

EDA (v2 new)

• Distribution Fitting — Auto-fit 10 distributions, rank by AIC/BIC
• Multimodality Detection — Detect hidden subgroups in data
• Multiple Correlation Methods — pearson, spearman, kendall
• VIF (Variance Inflation Factor) — Detect multicollinearity
• Drift Detection — Train/test distribution comparison with PSI, KS test
• Target Analysis — Class balance, feature correlations with target

Architecture

• Modular — Import only what you need
• Optional Dependencies — Core stays lightweight (~20MB)
• Backwards Compatible — v1 API still works

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Installation

Minimal (v1 equivalent)

pip install prepx

With visualizations

pip install prepx[viz]

Full features

pip install prepx[full]

Or from source:

pip install .

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Dependencies

Group	Packages	Install size
Core	pandas, numpy	~20MB
advanced	sklearn, scipy	+150MB
viz	matplotlib, seaborn	+50MB
plotting	plotly, kaleido	+30MB
full	all above	~250MB

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clean(df, **kwargs) → (DataFrame, dict)

Cleans the DataFrame and returns the cleaned version plus a full action report.

Basic Usage

cleaned, report = clean(df)

Advanced Options

Parameter	Default	What it does
drop_duplicates	True	Remove exact duplicate rows
dedupe_method	"exact"	"exact" or "fuzzy"
dedupe_threshold	0.85	Similarity threshold for fuzzy
missing_method	"auto"	"auto", "drop", "ffill", "bfill", "median", "mode", "knn", "mice"
missing_indicators	False	Add columns flagging where data was missing
missing_threshold	0.6	Drop columns with > this fraction missing
fix_dtypes	True	Coerce strings to numeric/datetime when ≥80% parse
strip_whitespace	True	Strip leading/trailing whitespace
standardize_columns	True	Rename columns to snake_case
naming_style	"snake"	"snake", "camel", "pascal", "kebab"
remove_outliers	False	Handle outliers
outlier_method	"iqr"	"iqr", "zscore", "modified_zscore", "isolation_forest"
outlier_action	"capped"	"capped", "removed", "flagged"
drop_constant_cols	True	Drop columns with only one value
verbose	True	Print report

Advanced Examples

# KNN imputation
cleaned, report = clean(df, missing_method="knn")

# Missing indicators (flag where values were missing)
cleaned, report = clean(df, missing_indicators=True)

# MICE (Multiple Imputation by Chained Equations)
cleaned, report = clean(df, missing_method="mice")

# Fuzzy deduplication
cleaned, report = clean(df, dedupe_method="fuzzy", dedupe_threshold=0.85)

# Isolation Forest outliers with flags
cleaned, report = clean(df, remove_outliers=True, outlier_method="isolation_forest", outlier_action="flagged")

# Winsorize (cap extremes)
cleaned, report = clean(df, remove_outliers=True, outlier_action="capped")

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eda(df, **kwargs) → dict

Full exploratory analysis.

Basic Usage

report = eda(df)

Advanced Options

Parameter	Default	What it does
target	None	Target column — adds class balance + correlations
test_data	None	Test DataFrame for drift detection
correlations	["pearson"]	Methods: "pearson", "spearman", "kendall"
check_drift	False	Check train/test drift
detect_multimodality	False	Detect bimodal distributions
fit_distributions	False	Fit 10 distributions (requires scipy)
top_n_categories	10	Top categories per column
correlation_threshold	0.7	Threshold for high correlation
verbose	True	Print report

Advanced Examples

# With target analysis
report = eda(df, target="churn")

# Multiple correlation methods
report = eda(df, correlations=["pearson", "spearman"])

# Drift detection
train = pd.read_csv("train.csv")
test = pd.read_csv("test.csv")
report = eda(train, test_data=test, check_drift=True)

# Distribution fitting (requires scipy)
report = eda(df, fit_distributions=True)
print(report["distributions"]["income"]["fits"][0]["distribution"])

# Multimodality detection
report = eda(df, detect_multimodality=True)
print(report["multimodality"]["multimodal_columns"])

Report dict keys

Key	Contents
overview	Shape, duplicates, memory
dtypes	Column lists by type
numeric_stats	Mean, std, min/max, percentiles, skewness, kurtosis, outliers
categorical_stats	Unique count, top values, mode, entropy
correlations	Matrix + high-correlation pairs
target_analysis	Class balance + feature correlations (if target set)
drift_analysis	PSI/KS scores (if test_data provided)
distributions	Best-fit distributions (if fit_distributions=True)
warnings	Auto-generated issues

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Modular API

Import individual functions for more control:

from prepx import (
    coerce_types,
    handle_missing,
    handle_outliers,
    detect_leakage_columns,
    compute_numeric_stats,
    compute_correlations,
    compute_vif,
    compute_drift,
)

# Step-by-step cleaning
df = coerce_types(df)
df, report = handle_missing(df, method="knn")
df, report = handle_outliers(df, method="isolation_forest")

# Modular EDA
stats = compute_numeric_stats(df)
corrs = compute_correlations(df, methods=["pearson", "spearman"])
vif = compute_vif(df)
drift = compute_drift(train_df, test_df)

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Version History

• 1.0.0 (2025) — Major rewrite with modular architecture
• 0.1.0 — Original release

Version Contract

• Follows semver: breaking changes only on major bumps
• Deprecated functions kept for one minor version before removal
• Install size kept under 50MB for core

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Quick Start

import pandas as pd
from prepx import clean, eda

df = pd.read_csv("data.csv")

# Clean with advanced options
cleaned, clean_report = clean(df, missing_method="knn", remove_outliers=True)

# Full EDA
eda_report = eda(cleaned, target="churn", correlations=["pearson", "spearman"])

# Use reports programmatically
print(eda_report["warnings"])
if eda_report.get("drift_analysis"):
    print("Drift detected:", eda_report["drift_analysis"]["drifted"])