We will be discussing Pandas in Python, an open-source library that delivers high-performance data structures and data analysis tools that are ready to use. We will also learn about the DataFrame, the advantages of Pandas, and how you can use Pandas to select multiple columns of a DataFrame . Let’s get started!
What is Pandas in Python?
Pandas is a Python open-source library. It delivers efficient structures and tools for data analysis that are ready to use. Pandas is a Python module that operates on top of NumPy and is widely used for data science and analytics. NumPy is another set of low-level data structures that can handle multi-dimensional arrays and a variety of mathematical array operations. Pandas have a more advanced user interface. It also has robust time-series capability and efficient tabular data alignment. Pandas’ primary data structure is the DataFrame. A 2-D data structure allows us to store and modify tabular data. Pandas provide any functionality to the DataFrame like data manipulation, concatenation, merging, grouping, etc.
What is a DataFrame?
The most essential and extensively used data structure is the DataFrame. It is a common method of data storage. DataFrame stores data in rows and columns, just like an SQL table or a spreadsheet database.
Advantages of Pandas
Many users wish that the SQL have included capabilities like the Gaussian random number generation or quantiles because they struggle to incorporate a procedural notion into an SQL query. Users may say, “If only I could write this in Python and switch back to SQL quickly,” and Pandas provides a tabular data type with well-designed interfaces that allow them to do exactly that. There are more verbose options, such as utilizing a specific procedural language like the Oracle’s PLSQL or Postgres’ PLPGSQL or a low-level database interface. Pandas have a one-liner SQL read interface (pd.read sql) and a one-liner SQL write interface (pd.to sql), comparable to R data frames.
Another significant advantage is that the charting libraries such as Seaborn may treat the data frame columns as high-level graph attributes. So, Pandas provide a reasonable way of managing the tabular data in Python and some very wonderful storage and charting APIs.
Option 1: Using the Basic Key Index
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import pandas as pd
data ={‘Name’:[‘A’,‘B’,‘C’,‘D’], ‘Age’:[27,24,22,32]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
df[[‘Name’,‘Age’]]
Output:
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Name Age
0 A 27
1 B 24
2 C 22
3 D 32
Option 2: Using .loc[]
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import pandas as pd
data ={‘Fruit’:[‘Apple’,‘Banana’,‘Grapes’,‘Orange’], ‘Price’:[160,100,60,80]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
df.loc[0:2,[‘Fruit’,‘Price’]]
Output:
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Fruit Price
0 Apple 160
1 Banano 100
2 Grapes 60
3 Orange 80
Option 3: Using .iloc[]
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import pandas as pd
data ={‘Dog’:[‘A’,‘B’,‘C’,‘D’], ‘Age’:[2,4,3,1]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
df.iloc[:,0:2]
Output:
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Dog Age
0 A 2
1 B 4
2 C 3
3 D 1
Options 4: Using .ix[]
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import pandas as pd
data ={‘Name’:[‘A’,‘B’,‘C’,‘D’], ‘Roll number’:[21,25,19,49]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
print(df.ix[:,0:2])
Output:
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Name Roll number
0 A 21
1 B 25
2 C 19
3 D 49
Conclusion
We discussed about Pandas in Python, the DataFrame, the advantages of Pandas, and how to use Pandas to select multiple columns of a DataFrame. There are four options that we discussed in selecting multiple columns: using the basic key indexing, “.ix”, “.loc”, and “.iloc”, respectively.
The pandas describe() function allows you to get the statistical summary of the data within your Pandas DataFrame. The function returns statistical information on the data, including statistical mean, standard deviation, min and max values, etc.
In the example above, we start by importing the pandas library. We then create a simple DataFrame and call the describe() method.
The above code should return a basic info summary about the DataFrame. An example output is as shown Note how the function returns basic statistical information such as the count of values, how many are unique, the top value, etc.
Example #2
Consider the example below that returns the statistical summary of a Pandas Series:
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s = pd.Series([10,20,30]) s.describe()
In this example, the function should return an output as shown: In this case, the function returns basic summary info such as the standard mean, 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles, and the maximum value in the series.
Example #3
To describe a specific column in a Pandas DataFrame, use the syntax as shown below:
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DataFrame.column_name.describe()
Example #4
To exclude a specific data type from the result, use the syntax shown:
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df.describe(exclude=[np.datatype])
Example #5
To describe all the columns in a DataFrame, regardless of the data type, run the code:
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df.describe(include=‘all’)
Conclusion
In this article, we discussed how to use the describe() function in Pandas.
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We search for any string matching the patterns ‘ wi’ or ’em’ in the code above. Note that we set the case parameter to false, ignoring case sensitivity.
The code above should return:
Closing
This article covered how to search for a substring in a Pandas DataFrame using the contains() method. Check the docs for more.
This short article will discuss how you can create a Pandas timestamp object by combining date and time strings.
Pandas Combine() Function
Pandas provide us with the timestamp.combine() function which allows us to take a date and time string values and combine them to a single Pandas timestamp object.
The function syntax is as shown below:
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Timestamp.combine(date,time)
The function accepts two main parameters:
Date – refers to the datetime.date object denoting the date string.
Time – specifies the datetime.time object.
The function returns the timestamp objected from the date and time parameters passed.
Example
An example is shown in the example below:
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# import pandas import pandas as pd # import date and time fromdatetimeimport date,time ts = pd.Timestamp.combine(date(2022,4,11),time(13,13,13)) print(ts)
We use the date and time functions from the datetime module to create datetime objects in this example.
We then combine the objects into a Pandas timestamp using the combine function. The code above should return:
Combine Date and Time Columns
Suppose you have a Pandas DataFrame with date and time columns? Consider the example DataFrame shown below:
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# import pandas # from datetime import date, time data ={‘dates’: [date(2022,4,11), date(2023,4,11)],‘time’: [time(13,13,13),time(14,14,14)]} df = pd.DataFrame(data=data) df
In the example above, we have two columns. The first column holds date values of type datetime.date and the other holds time values of type datetime.time.
To combine them, we can do:
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# combine them as strings new_df = pd.to_datetime(df.dates.astype(str) + ‘ ‘ +df.time.astype(str)) # add column to dataframe df.insert(2,‘datetime’, new_df) df
We convert the columns to string type and concatenate them using the addition operator in Python.
We then insert the resulting column into the existing dataframe using the insert method. This should return the DataFrame as shown:
Conclusion
This article discussed how you could combine date and time objects in Pandas to create a timestamp object. We also covered how you can combine date and time columns.
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By the end of this tutorial, you will understand how to use the astype() function in Pandas. This function allows you to cast an object to a specific data type.
Let us go exploring.
Function Syntax
The function syntax is as illustrated below:
DataFrame.astype(dtype,copy=True, errors=‘raise’)
The function parameters are as shown:
dtype – specifies the target data type to which the Pandas object is cast. You can also provide a dictionary with the data type of each target column.
copy – specifies if the operation is performed in-place, i.e., affects the innovador DataFrame or creating a copy.
errors – sets the errors to either ‘raise’ or ‘ignore.’
Return Value
The function returns a DataFrame with the specified object converted to the target data type.
In the code above, we pass the column and the target data type as a dictionary.
The resulting types are as shown:
Convert DataFrame to String
To convert the entire DataFrame to string type, we can do the following:
The above should cast the entire DataFrame into string types.
Conclusion
In this article, we covered how to convert a Pandas column from one data type to another. We also covered how to convert an entire DataFrame into string type.
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The cumsum() function in Pandas allows you to calculate the cumulative sum over a given axis.
Cumulative sum refers to the total sum of a given data set at a given time. This means that the total sum keeps changing as new data is added or removed.
Let us discuss how to use the cumsum() function in Pandas.
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