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This seem a little strange, here the integer column N is upcast when using an apply (since the row (Series) has floats in it), unfortunately in this example this means I get an exception:

from numpy.random import *
df = pd.DataFrame({'a': randn(100), 'b': randn(100), 'N': randint(10, 100, (100))})

df.dtypes
N      int64
a    float64
b    float64
dtype: object

def f(x): 
    return x**2-x

def integrate_f(a, b, N):
        s = 0
        dx = (b-a)/N
        for i in range(N):
                s += f(a+i*dx)
        return s * dx

df.apply(lambda x: integrate_f(x['a'], x['b'], x['N']), axis=1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-179-af52228271ac> in <module>()
----> 1 df.apply(lambda x: integrate_f(x['a'], x['b'], x['N']), axis=1)

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/core/frame.pyc in apply(self, func, axis, broadcast, raw, args, **kwds)
   4116                     return self._apply_raw(f, axis)
   4117                 else:
-> 4118                     return self._apply_standard(f, axis)
   4119             else:
   4120                 return self._apply_broadcast(f, axis)

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pandas/core/frame.pyc in _apply_standard(self, func, axis, ignore_failures)
   4191                     # no k defined yet
   4192                     pass
-> 4193                 raise e
   4194
   4195

TypeError: ('range() integer end argument expected, got numpy.float64.', u'occurred at index 0')

The obvious "fix" is to use a dummy column... ahem:

df = pd.DataFrame({'x': 'x', 'a': randn(100), 'b': randn(100), 'N': randint(10, 100, (100))})

related #3926

Comment From: jreback

I don't think this is a big deal, you can easily do:

range(int(N)) inside integrate....

though at some point maybe want to have more examples / docs for apply (maybe an advanced section)?

Comment From: hayd

(re the first part: I knew you'd say that :p, still is a slight gotcha... I enjoyed my fix)

Yeah we need some column grabbing in there, is a pretty common idiom.

Comment From: jreback

yeh....I think prob need an advanced section....at some point

Comment From: MarcoGorelli

at some point

there's been no uptake on this in an entire decade, let's close