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Update copy doc in user_guide.merging.rst
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Signed-off-by: Liang Yan <[email protected]>
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liang3zy22 committed Aug 13, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -489,9 +489,10 @@ all standard database join operations between ``DataFrame`` or named ``Series``
columns. Defaults to ``('_x', '_y')``.
* ``copy``: Always copy data (default ``True``) from the passed DataFrame or named Series
objects, even when reindexing is not necessary. Cannot be avoided in many
cases but may improve performance / memory usage. The cases where copying
can be avoided are somewhat pathological but this option is provided
nonetheless.
cases but may improve performance / memory usage. When CoW is used, copy will be
disabled.If merge finally work on axis 0, then copy operation may be needed. There
are some corner cases in which copy is enabled in the end but finally object's
underlying data is not copied.
* ``indicator``: Add a column to the output DataFrame called ``_merge``
with information on the source of each row. ``_merge`` is Categorical-type
and takes on a value of ``left_only`` for observations whose merge key
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