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Description:
 def cut(x, bins, right=True, labels=None, retbins=False, precision=3, include_lowest=False, duplicates='raise'):
 """ Bin values into discrete intervals. Use `cut` when you need to segment and sort data values into bins. This function is also useful for going from a continuous variable to a categorical variable. For example, `cut` could convert ages to groups of age ranges. Supports binning into an equal number of bins, or a pre-specified array of bins. Parameters x : array-like The input array to be binned. Must be 1-dimensional. bins : int, sequence of scalars, or IntervalIndex The criteria to bin by. * int : Defines the number of equal-width bins in the range of `x`. The range of `x` is extended by .1% on each side to include the minimum and maximum values of `x`. * sequence of scalars : Defines the bin edges allowing for non-uniform width. No extension of the range of `x` is done. * IntervalIndex : Defines the exact bins to be used. Note that IntervalIndex for `bins` must be non-overlapping. right : bool, default True Indicates whether `bins` includes the rightmost edge or not. If ``right == True`` (the default), then the `bins` ``[1, 2, 3, 4]`` indicate (1,2], (2,3], (3,4]. This argument is ignored when `bins` is an IntervalIndex. labels : array or bool, optional Specifies the labels for the returned bins. Must be the same length as the resulting bins. If False, returns only integer indicators of the bins. This affects the type of the output container (see below). This argument is ignored when `bins` is an IntervalIndex. retbins : bool, default False Whether to return the bins or not. Useful when bins is provided as a scalar. precision : int, default 3 The precision at which to store and display the bins labels. include_lowest : bool, default False Whether the first interval should be left-inclusive or not. duplicates : {default 'raise', 'drop'}, optional If bin edges are not unique, raise ValueError or drop non-uniques. .. versionadded:: 0.23.0 Returns ------- out : Categorical, Series, or ndarray An array-like object representing the respective bin for each value of `x`. The type depends on the value of `labels`. * True (default) : returns a Series for Series `x` or a Categorical for all other inputs. The values stored within are Interval dtype. * sequence of scalars : returns a Series for Series `x` or a Categorical for all other inputs. The values stored within are whatever the type in the sequence is. * False : returns an ndarray of integers. bins : numpy.ndarray or IntervalIndex. The computed or specified bins. Only returned when `retbins=True`. For scalar or sequence `bins`, this is an ndarray with the computed bins. If set `duplicates=drop`, `bins` will drop non-unique bin. For an IntervalIndex `bins`, this is equal to `bins`. See Also -------- qcut : Discretize variable into equal-sized buckets based on rank or based on sample quantiles. Categorical : Array type for storing data that come from a fixed set of values. Series : One-dimensional array with axis labels (including time series). IntervalIndex : Immutable Index implementing an ordered, sliceable set. Notes ----- Any NA values will be NA in the result. Out of bounds values will be NA in the resulting Series or Categorical object. Examples -------- Discretize into three equal-sized bins. array([0.994, 3. , 5. , 7. ])) Discovers the same bins, but assign them specific labels. Notice that the returned Categorical's categories are `labels` and is ordered. [bad, good, medium, medium, good, bad] Categories (3, object):
 [bad < medium < good] ``labels=False`` implies you just want the bins back. array([0, 1, 1, 3]) Passing a Series as an input returns a Series with categorical dtype: a (1.992, 4.667] b (1.992, 4.667] c (4.667, 7.333] d (7.333, 10.0] e (7.333, 10.0] dtype: category Passing a Series as an input returns a Series with mapping value. It is used to map numerically to intervals based on bins. (a 0.0 b 1.0 c 2.0 d 3.0 e 4.0 dtype: float64, array([0, 2, 4, 6, 8])) Use `drop` optional when bins is not unique (a 0.0 b 1.0 c 2.0 d 3.0 e 3.0 dtype: float64, array([0, 2, 4, 6, 8])) Passing an IntervalIndex for `bins` results in those categories exactly. Notice that values not covered by the IntervalIndex are set to NaN. 0 is to the left of the first bin (which is closed on the right), and 1.5 falls between two bins. [NaN, (0, 1], NaN, (2, 3], (4, 5]] Categories (3, interval[int64]):
 [(0, 1] < (2, 3] < (4, 5]] """

    # NOTE: this binning code is changed a bit from histogram for var(x) == 0

    # for handling the cut for datetime and timedelta objects
    x_is_series, series_index, name, x = _preprocess_for_cut(x)
    x, dtype = _coerce_to_type(x)

    if not np.iterable(bins):
        if is_scalar(bins) and bins < 1:
            raise ValueError("`bins` should be a positive integer.")

        try:  # for array-like
            sz = x.size
        except AttributeError:
            x = np.asarray(x)
            sz = x.size

        if sz == 0:
            raise ValueError('Cannot cut empty array')

        rng = (nanops.nanmin(x), nanops.nanmax(x))
        mn, mx = [mi + 0.0 for mi in rng]

        if np.isinf(mn) or np.isinf(mx):
            # GH 24314
            raise ValueError('cannot specify integer `bins` when input data '
                             'contains infinity')
        elif mn == mx:  # adjust end points before binning
            mn -= .001 * abs(mn) if mn != 0 else .001
            mx += .001 * abs(mx) if mx != 0 else .001
            bins = np.linspace(mn, mx, bins + 1, endpoint=True)
        else:  # adjust end points after binning
            bins = np.linspace(mn, mx, bins + 1, endpoint=True)
            adj = (mx - mn) * 0.001  # 0.1% of the range
            if right:
                bins[0] -= adj
            else:
                bins[-1] += adj

    elif isinstance(bins, IntervalIndex):
        if bins.is_overlapping:
            raise ValueError('Overlapping IntervalIndex is not accepted.')

    else:
        if is_datetime64tz_dtype(bins):
            bins = np.asarray(bins, dtype=_NS_DTYPE)
        else:
            bins = np.asarray(bins)
        bins = _convert_bin_to_numeric_type(bins, dtype)

        # GH 26045: cast to float64 to avoid an overflow
        if (np.diff(bins.astype('float64')) < 0).any():
            raise ValueError('bins must increase monotonically.')

    fac, bins = _bins_to_cuts(x, bins, right=right, labels=labels,
                              precision=precision,
                              include_lowest=include_lowest,
                              dtype=dtype,
                              duplicates=duplicates)

    return _postprocess_for_cut(fac, bins, retbins, x_is_series,
                                series_index, name, dtype)