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[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eCounts the number of distinct values for a specified property within a FeatureCollection.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAccepts a FeatureCollection and the property name as input.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eReturns the total count of distinct values as a number.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUseful for understanding the variety of values within a dataset's property.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The `aggregate_count_distinct` method calculates the number of unique values for a specified property within a FeatureCollection. It takes a FeatureCollection as input and a property name (string) to evaluate. The method returns a numerical value representing the count of distinct values. For example, in a FeatureCollection of power plants, using `aggregate_count_distinct('fuel1')` returns the number of distinct fuel sources. In the provided example in Belgium it returned 7.\n"],null,["Aggregates over a given property of the objects in a collection, calculating the number of distinct values for the selected property.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n| Usage | Returns |\n|--------------------------------------------------------|---------|\n| FeatureCollection.aggregate_count_distinct`(property)` | Number |\n\n| Argument | Type | Details |\n|--------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|\n| this: `collection` | FeatureCollection | The collection to aggregate over. |\n| `property` | String | The property to use from each element of the collection. |\n\nExamples\n\nCode Editor (JavaScript) \n\n```javascript\n// FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.\nvar fc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants')\n .filter('country_lg == \"Belgium\"');\n\nprint('Number of distinct power plant fuel sources',\n fc.aggregate_count_distinct('fuel1')); // 7\n```\nPython setup\n\nSee the [Python Environment](/earth-engine/guides/python_install) page for information on the Python API and using\n`geemap` for interactive development. \n\n```python\nimport ee\nimport geemap.core as geemap\n```\n\nColab (Python) \n\n```python\n# FeatureCollection of power plants in Belgium.\nfc = ee.FeatureCollection('WRI/GPPD/power_plants').filter(\n 'country_lg == \"Belgium\"')\n\nprint('Number of distinct power plant fuel sources:',\n fc.aggregate_count_distinct('fuel1').getInfo()) # 7\n```"]]