Reimplemented dataframe class with TypedFrame interface

src/dataframe/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+//! This module provides the DataFrame structure for handling tabular data with mixed types.
+pub mod df;

src/frame/base.rs

@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ impl<T: Clone + PartialEq> Frame<T> {
         )
     }
 
-    /// Returns an immutable slice of the specified column's data.
+    /// Returns an immutable slice of the specified column's data by name.
     /// Panics if the column name is not found.
     pub fn column(&self, name: &str) -> &[T] {
         let idx = self
@@ -325,7 +325,13 @@ impl<T: Clone + PartialEq> Frame<T> {
         self.matrix.column(idx)
     }
 
-    /// Returns a mutable slice of the specified column's data.
+    /// Returns an immutable slice of the specified column's data by its physical index.
+    /// Panics if the index is out of bounds.
+    pub fn column_by_physical_idx(&self, idx: usize) -> &[T] {
+        self.matrix.column(idx)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a mutable slice of the specified column's data by name.
     /// Panics if the column name is not found.
     pub fn column_mut(&mut self, name: &str) -> &mut [T] {
         let idx = self
@@ -334,6 +340,12 @@ impl<T: Clone + PartialEq> Frame<T> {
         self.matrix.column_mut(idx)
     }
 
+    /// Returns a mutable slice of the specified column's data by its physical index.
+    /// Panics if the index is out of bounds.
+    pub fn column_mut_by_physical_idx(&mut self, idx: usize) -> &mut [T] {
+        self.matrix.column_mut(idx)
+    }
+
     // Row access methods
 
     /// Returns an immutable view of the row for the given integer key.

src/lib.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #![doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
 
+/// Documentation for the [`crate::dataframe`] module.
+pub mod dataframe;
+
 /// Documentation for the [`crate::matrix`] module.
 pub mod matrix;