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When I import mlxtend.frequent_patterns, the function fpgrowth and fpmax are not there. However, they are there if I use Jupyter Notebook in Anaconda Navigator.

Anyone know why Colab will not import?

import pandas as pd

from mlxtend.preprocessing import TransactionEncoder
from mlxtend.frequent_patterns import apriori, fpmax, fpgrowth

ImportError
Traceback (most recent call last)
in ()
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3 from mlxtend.preprocessing import TransactionEncoder
----> 4 from mlxtend.frequent_patterns import apriori, fpmax, fpgrowth
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ImportError: cannot import name 'fpmax' from 'mlxtend.frequent_patterns' (/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/mlxtend/frequent_patterns/init.py)

Filburt
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I had the same issue just now. The first solution suggested was to pip the package using this in a code cell:

! pip install mlxtend

However, while that helped with me using apriori, it did not help with fpgrowth. Then, after about three hours, I found a solution. Again, in a code cell, run this:

%pip install mlxtend --upgrade

I'm not sure what the % does that the ! does not.

miken32
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Ole J. Forsberg
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Colab by default installs some older version of the library.

Try with this specific version. Run the following command: !pip install mlxtend==0.17.0

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