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pola-rs/r-polars573 Tier A · 64 pts
#1844Opened 1 month ago
implement `ewm_sum`

Hi! The $ewm_sum function was introduced in version 1.43 of Polars. https://pola.rs/posts/polars-1-43/#:~:text=Exponentially%20weighted%20sums%20with%20ewm_sum https://docs.pola.rs/api/python/stable/reference/expressions/api/polars.Expr.ewm_sum.html It appears that r-polars has not yet been implemented—is there a possibility it will be added in this 1.44 release? Although the Python version is also marked as unstable. Thanks! Originally posted by @Breeze-Hu in #1842 (comment)

enhancementgood first issue
prisma-flowdiagram/PRISMA2020295 Tier B · 55 pts
#94Opened 4 months ago
Change issue templates into 'forms'

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. The issue templates look a bit scary for anyone not used to reading markdown. Describe the solution you'd like Issue templates can be written as forms Describe alternatives you've considered Additional context Expected output:

enhancementhelp wanted
enblacar/SCpubr245 Tier D · 8 pts
#100Opened 7 months ago
Add Z scoring | do_FeaturePlot()

--> Feature request: # ETA I realized you wrote this into this feature as the enforce_symmetry parameter! # I am creating some feature plots alongside some dot plots. I am using z scoring to show expression on my dotplots and would love to be able to show the same for complementary feature plots. Implementation: # I would recommend adding similarly to usage in do_DotPlot() zscore.data = T SCpubr version: # Utilizing SCpubr 3.0.1

enhancementhelp wanted
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#418Opened 8 months ago
Remove y-axis for plots where y-axis has no purpose

This would technically break visual backwards compatibility although wouldn't affect anyone's code. @avehtari pointed out that for some plots we have a y-axis that serves no purpose and the plots look better without it. For example, the new mcmc_dots() function doesn't include the y-axis for this reason, but functions like mcmc_dens() and others include the y-axis for no reason.

plot aestheticsgood first issue
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