Fix - tablereport plots fail when dataframe contains $$ as values

CHANGES.rst

@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ Bugfixes
   durations to the total number of seconds (with fractional part). This is done
   by the new transformer :class:`DurationToFloat`. :pr:`2069` by
   :user:`Riccardo Cappuzzo <rcap107>`.
-
-
+- An error that could arise when running ``TableReport`` on dataframes containing
+  double dollar (``$$``) signs has been fixed.
+  :pr:`2154` by :user:`Katerina Michenina <Michenina-Lab>`,
+  :user:`CecilyTS <CecilyTS>`, :user:`Eve Rabin <eve2705>`.
 
 Deprecations
 ------------

skrub/_reporting/_plotting.py

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "boxplot.flierprops.color": _TEXT_COLOR_PLACEHOLDER,
     "boxplot.flierprops.markeredgecolor": _TEXT_COLOR_PLACEHOLDER,
     "boxplot.whiskerprops.color": _TEXT_COLOR_PLACEHOLDER,
+    "text.parse_math": False,
 }
 
 

skrub/_reporting/tests/test_summarize.py

@@ -309,3 +309,17 @@ def test_with_associations_and_seed(monkeypatch, air_quality):
             "Computing summary with different seeds should produce different "
             "associations."
         )
+
+
+def test_dollar_sign(df_module):
+    """
+    non-regression test for
+
+    https://github.com/skrub-data/skrub/issues/2097
+
+    without the right rcparams matplotlib interprets the $ as latex and crashes.
+    """
+    df = df_module.make_dataframe(
+        {"c": ["something with $$", "something else so column is not constant"]}
+    )
+    summarize_dataframe(df, with_plots=True, verbose=0)