assume series s
s = pd.Series(np.arange(100))
Get quantiles for [.1, .2, .3, .4, .5, .6, .7, .8, .9]
s.quantile(np.linspace(.1, 1, 9, 0))
0.1 9.9
0.2 19.8
0.3 29.7
0.4 39.6
0.5 49.5
0.6 59.4
0.7 69.3
0.8 79.2
0.9 89.1
dtype: float64
OR
s.quantile(np.linspace(.1, 1, 9, 0), 'lower')
0.1 9
0.2 19
0.3 29
0.4 39
0.5 49
0.6 59
0.7 69
0.8 79
0.9 89
dtype: int32