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Python Pandas Complete Notes

Pandas is an open-source Python library designed for data analysis and manipulation, featuring high-performance data structures like Series and DataFrame. It offers tools for data cleaning, manipulation, grouping, and supports various file formats for input and output. Common use cases include data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, and machine learning preprocessing.

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Python Pandas Complete Notes

Pandas is an open-source Python library designed for data analysis and manipulation, featuring high-performance data structures like Series and DataFrame. It offers tools for data cleaning, manipulation, grouping, and supports various file formats for input and output. Common use cases include data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, and machine learning preprocessing.

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Python Pandas Library – Complete Notes

1. Introduction to Pandas
Pandas is an open■source data analysis and data manipulation library for Python.

It provides high-performance, easy-to-use data structures and tools for handling


structured data.

It is widely used in data science, machine learning, financial analysis, and


research.

2. Key Features
• Fast and efficient DataFrame object for data manipulation

• Tools for reading and writing data between in-memory data structures and
different file formats

• Intelligent data alignment and integrated handling of missing data

• Flexible reshaping and pivoting of datasets

• Powerful group-by functionality

• Time series functionality

3. Core Data Structures


Series: One-dimensional labeled array capable of holding any data type.

DataFrame: Two-dimensional labeled data structure with columns of potentially


different types.

4. Creating Data Structures


Series can be created from lists, NumPy arrays, or dictionaries.

DataFrames can be created from dictionaries, lists of lists, or external files.

5. Data Selection and Indexing


• loc[] – label-based indexing

• iloc[] – position-based indexing

• Boolean indexing – filter data using conditions


6. Data Cleaning
• Handling missing values using isnull(), notnull(), dropna(), fillna()

• Removing duplicates using drop_duplicates()

• Renaming columns using rename()

7. Data Manipulation
• Adding or deleting columns

• Sorting using sort_values()

• Applying functions using apply()

8. Grouping and Aggregation


groupby() is used to split data, apply a function, and combine results.

Common aggregation functions: sum(), mean(), count(), min(), max()

9. Merging and Joining


• concat() – concatenate data

• merge() – database-style joins

• join() – combine columns of another DataFrame

10. Time Series


Pandas supports date ranges, frequency conversion, shifting, rolling windows, and
resampling.

11. Input and Output


Supports CSV, Excel, SQL, JSON, HTML, and more using read_* and to_*
functions.

12. Advantages
• Easy handling of large datasets

• Strong data analysis tools


• Integration with NumPy, Matplotlib, and Scikit-learn

13. Common Use Cases


• Data cleaning

• Exploratory data analysis (EDA)

• Machine learning preprocessing

• Financial modeling

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