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bookChallenge: Screen Compounds Against Target Properties

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Write a function rank_candidates that takes a pandas DataFrame with two columns: smiles (molecular SMILES strings) and predicted_activity (numerical scores). Your function should:

  • Sort the DataFrame by predicted_activity in descending order;
  • Assign a new column rank with integer ranks (1 for highest score, 2 for next, etc.);
  • Return the ranked DataFrame with the new rank column included.

You should not modify the input DataFrame in-place; return a new DataFrame.

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Task

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Write a function rank_candidates that takes a pandas DataFrame with two columns: smiles (molecular SMILES strings) and predicted_activity (numerical scores). Your function should:

  • Sort the DataFrame by predicted_activity in descending order;
  • Assign a new column rank with integer ranks (1 for highest score, 2 for next, etc.);
  • Return the ranked DataFrame with the new rank column included.

You should not modify the input DataFrame in-place; return a new DataFrame.

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