Pandas 1.x Cookbook

Usethepowerofpandastosolvemostcomplexscientificcomputingproblemswithease.Revisedforpandas1.x.KeyFeatures*Thisisthefirstbookonpandas1.x*Practical,easytoimplementrecipesforquicksolutionstocommonproblemsindatausingpandas*MasterthefundamentalsofpandastoquicklybeginexploringanydatasetBookDescriptionThepandaslibraryismassive,andit'scommonforfrequentuserstobeunawareofmanyofitsmoreimpressivefeatures.Theofficialpandasdocumentation,whilethorough,doesnotcontainmanyusefulexamplesofhowtopiecetogethermultiplecommandsasonewoulddoduringanactualanalysis.Thisbookguidesyou,asifyouwerelookingovertheshoulderofanexpert,throughsituationsthatyouarehighlylikelytoencounter.Thisnewupdatedandrevisededitionprovidesyouwithunique,idiomatic,andfunrecipesforbothfundamentalandadvanceddatamanipulationtaskswithpandas.Somerecipesfocusonachievingadeeperunderstandingofbasicprinciples,orcomparingandcontrastingtwosimilaroperations.Otherrecipeswilldivedeepintoaparticulardataset,uncoveringnewandunexpectedinsightsalongtheway.Manyadvancedrecipescombineseveraldifferentfeaturesacrossthepandaslibrarytogenerateresults.Whatyouwilllearn*Masterdataexplorationinpandasthroughdozensofpracticeproblems*Group,aggregate,transform,reshape,andfilterdata*MergedatafromdifferentsourcesthroughpandasSQL-likeoperations*Createvisualizationsviapandashookstomatplotlibandseaborn*Usepandas,timeseriesfunctionalitytoperformpowerfulanalyses*Import,clean,andpreparereal-worlddatasetsformachinelearning*Createworkflowsforprocessingbigdatathatdoesn’tfitinmemoryWhothisbookisforThisbookisforPythondevelopers,datascientists,engineers,andanalysts.PandasistheidealtoolformanipulatingstructureddatawithPythonandthisbookprovidesampleinstructionandexamples.Notonlydoesitcoverthebasicsrequiredtobeproficient,butitgoesintothedetailsofidiomaticpandas.