pandas df describe ()

df = pd.DataFrame({'categorical': pd.Categorical(['d','e','f']),
...                    'numeric': [1, 2, 3],
...                    'object': ['a', 'b', 'c']
...                   })
>>> df.describe()
       numeric
count      3.0
mean       2.0
std        1.0
min        1.0
25%        1.5
50%        2.0
75%        2.5
max        3.0
Piotr Adaszewski