make_obs_names_unique#
- SingleCell.make_obs_names_unique(*, separator='-')[source]#
Make obs_names unique.
Append ‘-1’ to the second occurence of a given name, ‘-2’ to the third occurrence, and so on. ‘-’ can be switched to a different string via the separator argument.
Raises an error if any obs_names already contain separator.
- Parameters:
separator: str
the string connecting the original name and the integer suffix
- Returns:
A new SingleCell dataset with the obs_names made unique.
- Return type: