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Pandas is an open-source Python library designed for high-performance data manipulation and analysis, developed by Wes McKinney in 2008. It provides efficient data structures like Series and DataFrame for handling various data types and operations, including reshaping, filtering, and time series analysis. Pandas integrates well with other libraries and offers clear code representation, making data analysis simpler and more expressive compared to other tools.

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Pandas

Pandas is an open-source Python library designed for high-performance data manipulation and analysis, developed by Wes McKinney in 2008. It provides efficient data structures like Series and DataFrame for handling various data types and operations, including reshaping, filtering, and time series analysis. Pandas integrates well with other libraries and offers clear code representation, making data analysis simpler and more expressive compared to other tools.

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Pandas

Pandas is a Python library used for working with data sets.


It has functions for analyzing, cleaning, exploring, and manipulating data.

Pandas Introduction
Pandas is defined as an open-source library that provides high-performance data manipulation in Python. The name
of Pandas is derived from the word Panel Data, which means an Econometrics from Multidimensional data. It is used
for data analysis in Python and developed by Wes McKinney in 2008.

Data analysis requires lots of processing, such as restructuring, cleaning or merging, etc. There are different tools are
available for fast data processing, such as Numpy, Scipy, Cython, and Panda. But we prefer Pandas because working
with Pandas is fast, simple and more expressive than other tools.

Pandas is built on top of the Numpy package, means Numpy is required for operating the Pandas.

Before Pandas, Python was capable for data preparation, but it only provided limited support for data analysis. So,
Pandas came into the picture and enhanced the capabilities of data analysis. It can perform five significant steps
required for processing and analysis of data irrespective of the origin of the data, i.e., load, manipulate, prepare,
model, and analyze.

Key Features of Pandas


 It has a fast and efficient DataFrame object with the default and customized indexing.
 Used for reshaping and pivoting of the data sets.
 Group by data for aggregations and transformations.
 It is used for data alignment and integration of the missing data.
 Provide the functionality of Time Series.
 Process a variety of data sets in different formats like matrix data, tabular heterogeneous, time series.
 Handle multiple operations of the data sets such as subsetting, slicing, filtering, groupBy, re-ordering, and re-
shaping.
 It integrates with the other libraries such as SciPy, and scikit-learn.
 Provides fast performance, and If you want to speed it, even more, you can use the Cython.

Benefits of Pandas
The benefits of pandas over using other language are as follows:
 Data Representation: It represents the data in a form that is suited for data analysis through its DataFrame
and Series.
 Clear code: The clear API of the Pandas allows you to focus on the core part of the code. So, it provides clear
and concise code for the user.

Installation of Pandas
If you have Python and PIP already installed on a system, then installation of Pandas is very easy.
Install it using this command:
C:\Users\Your Name>pip install pandas

Import Pandas
Once Pandas is installed, import it in your applications by adding the import keyword:
import pandas
#example
import pandas
mydataset = {
'cars': ["BMW", "Volvo", "Ford"],
'passings': [3, 7, 2]
}

myvar = pandas.DataFrame(mydataset)

print(myvar)
Pandas as pd
Pandas is usually imported under the pd alias.
import pandas as pd

Checking Pandas Version


The version string is stored under __version__ attribute.
import pandas as pd

print(pd.__version__)

Python Pandas Data Structure


The Pandas provides two data structures for processing the data, i.e., Series and DataFrame, which are discussed
below:

1) Series
It is defined as a one-dimensional array that is capable of storing various data types. The row labels of series are
called the index. We can easily convert the list, tuple, and dictionary into series using "series' method. A Series
cannot contain multiple columns. It has one parameter:
Data: It can be any list, dictionary, or scalar value.

Creating Series from Array:


Before creating a Series, Firstly, we have to import the numpy module and then use array() function in the program.

Input
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
info = np.array(['P','a','n','d','a','s'])
a = pd.Series(info)
print(a)
Output
0 P
1 a
2 n
3 d
4 a
5 s
dtype: object
Explanation: In this code, firstly, we have imported the pandas and numpy library with the pd and np alias. Then, we
have taken a variable named "info" that consist of an array of some values. We have called the info variable through
a Series method and defined it in an "a" variable. The Series has printed by calling the print(a) method.

Python Pandas DataFrame


It is a widely used data structure of pandas and works with a two-dimensional array with labeled axes (rows and
columns). DataFrame is defined as a standard way to store data and has two different indexes, i.e., row index and
column index. It consists of the following properties:

 The columns can be heterogeneous types like int, bool, and so on.
 It can be seen as a dictionary of Series structure where both the rows and columns are indexed. It is denoted
as "columns" in case of columns and "index" in case of rows.

Create a DataFrame using List:


We can easily create a DataFrame in Pandas using list.

import pandas as pd
# a list of strings
x = ['Python', 'Pandas']

# Calling DataFrame constructor on list


df = pd.DataFrame(x)
print(df)

Output
0
0 Python
1 Pandas
Explanation: In this code, we have defined a variable named "x" that consist of string values. The DataFrame
constructor is being called on a list to print the values.

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