Chapter 3. Data Analysis with Pandas
In this chapter, we will explore another data analysis library called Pandas. The goal of this chapter is to give you some basic knowledge and concrete examples for getting started with Pandas.
An overview of the Pandas package
Pandas is a Python package that supports fast, flexible, and expressive data structures, as well as computing functions for data analysis. The following are some prominent features that Pandas supports:
- Data structure with labeled axes. This makes the program clean and clear and avoids common errors from misaligned data.
- Flexible handling of missing data.
- Intelligent label-based slicing, fancy indexing, and subset creation of large datasets.
- Powerful arithmetic operations and statistical computations ...
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