---
title: summary()
framework: tabulardata
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: tabulardata/discontiguouscolumnslice/summary()
---

# summary()

Generates a categorical summary of the column slice’s elements.

## Declaration

```swift
func summary() -> CategoricalSummary<WrappedElement>
```

## See Also

### Summarizing a Column Slice

- [numericSummary()](tabulardata/discontiguouscolumnslice/numericsummary()-3r7pn.md)
- [numericSummary()](tabulardata/discontiguouscolumnslice/numericsummary()-4b7m0.md)