pandas Flashcards
1
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info about the df
A
df.info()
2
Q
dimension
A
df.shape
3
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3,1 entry of df
A
df.iloc[3,1]
4
Q
3rd entry of column called A
A
df.A[2]
5
Q
1st-3rd rows, 1st-3rd columns
A
df.iloc[0:3,], df.iloc[:,0:3], note the colon needed to get the columns
6
Q
replace something in list of strings
A
temp_names = [word.replace(“.”, “_”) for word in list(df)]
7
Q
add to front of list
A
a.insert(0,x)
8
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sort list
A
sorted(mylist), or to modify the list mylist.sort()
9
Q
drop element of list
A
a.pop(5)
10
Q
list of lists
A
a[2][3]
11
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selection from lists
A
[x for x in nums if x>=0]
12
Q
inert items into list
A
r=[1,2,3,4]
r[1:1] =[9,8]
r
[1, 9, 8, 2, 3, 4]
13
Q
sample dict
looping over dict key-value pairs
looping over keys
looping over values
A
ratings = {‘4+’: 4433, ‘9+’: 987}
for fruit, qty in fruit_freq.items():
for fruit in fruit_freq.keys():
for qty in fruit_freq.values()
14
Q
repeat list
A
a = [2,0]*4
15
Q
append vs extend
A
x = [1,2]
x.append([3,4]) gives [1,2,[3,4]]
x.extend([3,4]) gives [1,2,3,4]
16
Q
zip and lists
A
x=[1,2,3]
y=[4,5,6]
list(zip(x,y))
[(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)]
17
Q
convert string to list
A
list(‘hello’)
18
Q
get multiple values from list
A
lst=[1,5,8,9]
indices=[1,3]
[value for (i, value) in enumerate(lst) if i in set(indices) ]
Out[35]: [5, 9]
19
Q
count number of occurrences in list
A
y = [1,2,3,1,4]
y.count(1)
2
20
Q
get index of item in list
A
first index:
[“foo”,”bar”,”baz”].index(‘bar’)
all indices
indexes = [i for i,x in enumerate(xs) if x == ‘foo’]
21
Q
unique elements of list
A
mynewlist = list(set(mylist))
22
Q
Example creating df
A
In [9]: df2 = pd.DataFrame(
…: {
…: “A”: 1.0,
…: “B”: pd.Timestamp(“20130102”),
…: “C”: pd.Series(1, index=list(range(4)), dtype=”float32”),
…: “D”: np.array([3] * 4, dtype=”int32”),
…: “E”: pd.Categorical([“test”, “train”, “test”, “train”]),
…: “F”: “foo”,
…: }
…: )
…:
In [10]: df2
Out[10]:
A B C D E F
0 1.0 2013-01-02 1.0 3 test foo
1 1.0 2013-01-02 1.0 3 train foo
2 1.0 2013-01-02 1.0 3 test foo
3 1.0 2013-01-02 1.0 3 train foo
23
Q
Types of columns
A
df.dtypes
24
Q
Summary each column
A
df.describe()
25
Transpose
df.T
26
Sort by an index or by a column
In [22]: df.sort_index(axis=1, ascending=False)
Out[22]:
D C B A
2013-01-01 -1.135632 -1.509059 -0.282863 0.469112
2013-01-02 -1.044236 0.119209 -0.173215 1.212112
....
In [23]: df.sort_values(by="B")
Out[23]:
A B C D
2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804
2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860
2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 -1.509059 -1.135632
....
27
Select row with value of index
In [27]: df.loc[dates[0]]
Out[27]:
A 0.469112
B -0.282863
C -1.509059
D -1.135632
Name: 2013-01-01 00:00:00, dtype: float64
28
Select by multiple indices
NOTE: For label slicing, both endpoints are included:
df.loc["20130102":"20130104", ["A", "B"]]
Out[29]:
A B
2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215
2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569
2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771
29
For getting fast access to a scalar
df.at[dates[0], "A"] Out[31]: 0.4691122999071863
Does same thing as below, but above faster
In [30]: df.loc[dates[0], "A"]
Out[30]: 0.4691122999071863
30
Select multiple rows and positions by number
In [33]: df.iloc[3:5, 0:2]
Out[33]:
A B
2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771
2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020
31
Select with
Lists of integer position locations:
In [34]: df.iloc[[1, 2, 4], [0, 2]]
Out[34]:
A C
2013-01-02 1.212112 0.119209
2013-01-03 -0.861849 -0.494929
2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.276232
32
Fast access to scalar with numerical position
In [38]: df.iat[1, 1]
Out[38]: -0.17321464905330858
Below is same, but slower
In [37]: df.iloc[1, 1]
Out[37]: -0.17321464905330858
33
Selecting rows satisfying a condition
In [39]: df[df["A"] > 0]
Out[39]:
A B C D
2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 -1.509059 -1.135632
2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236
2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860
34
Selecting rows where value in a list
df2[df2["E"].isin(["two", "four"])]
In [41]: df2 = df.copy()
In [42]: df2["E"] = ["one", "one", "two", "three", "four", "three"]
In [43]: df2
Out[43]:
A B C D E
2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 -1.509059 -1.135632 one
2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236 one
2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 two
2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860 three
2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 -1.087401 four
2013-01-06 -0.673690 0.113648 -1.478427 0.524988 three
In [44]: df2[df2["E"].isin(["two", "four"])]
Out[44]:
A B C D E
2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 two
2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 -1.087401 four
35
Setting values by index or position
Setting values by label:
df.at[dates[0], "A"] = 0
Setting values by position:
df.iat[0, 1] = 0
36
Setting a column equal to values of a numpy array
Setting by assigning with a NumPy array:
df.loc[:, "D"] = np.array([5] * len(df))
37
display all columns of df
with pd.option_context('display.max_rows', 5, 'display.max_columns', None):
print(my_df)
38
filter
df[df['x'] == 300]
39
Can assign to multiple entries at one time,like in R
In [3]: df.loc[df.AAA >= 5, "BBB"] = -1
In [4]: df
Out[4]:
AAA BBB CCC
0 4 10 100
1 5 -1 50
2 6 -1 -30
3 7 -1 -50
40
drop columns
df
A B C D
0 0 1 2 3
1 4 5 6 7
2 8 9 10 11
dfnew = df.drop(columns=['B', 'C'])
A D
0 0 3
1 4 7
2 8 11
NOTE THAT THIS has a default of inplace=False, so will not modify df, it just returns a
copy. See below
Note that this method defaults to dropping rows, not columns. To switch the method settings to operate on columns, we must pass it in the axis=1 argument.
df.drop('A + B', axis = 1)
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-pandas-library-for-data-science-in-python/
https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.drop.html
41
convert to categorical
df_cleaned['reltoref'] = df_cleaned['reltoref'].astype('category')
42
Sort according to value closest to a particular value
df
AAA BBB CCC
0 4 10 100
1 5 20 50
2 6 30 -30
3 7 40 -50
aValue = 43.0
df.loc[(df.CCC - aValue).abs().argsort()]
AAA BBB CCC
1 5 20 50
0 4 10 100
2 6 30 -30
3 7 40 -50
43
Select columns ,also select one entry by column and tie banners
df'a']
nycolumns={'a','b']
df[nycolumns]
Or
df[['a','b']]
df['B']['Z']
44
Create column
df['A + B'] = df['A'] + df['B']
45
Select row
df.loc['X']
df.iloc[0]
46
Select two columns and two rows by names
df[['A', 'B']].loc[['X', 'Y']]
47
subset of the DataFrame where the value in column C is less than 1
df['C'] < 1
X True Y False Z False Name: C, dtype: bool
48
Select subset based on some condition
df[(df['C'] > 0) & (df['A']> 0)]
49
R: arrange(df, col1, col2)
R: arrange(df, desc(col1))
pandas: df.sort_values(['col1', 'col2'])
pandas: df.sort_values('col1', ascending=False)
50
R: filter(df, col1 == 1, col2 == 1)
df.query('col1 == 1 & col2 == 1')
51
R: distinct(select(df, col1))
R: distinct(select(df, col1, col2))
df[['col1']].drop_duplicates()
df[['col1', 'col2']].drop_duplicates()
52
select based on dtype
For example, to select bool columns
In [329]: df.select_dtypes(include=[bool])
To select string columns you must use the object dtype:
In [332]: df.select_dtypes(include=['object'])
53
R: mutate(df, c=a-b)
df.assign(c=df['a']-df['b'])
54
R: summarise(gdf, avg=mean(col1, na.rm=TRUE))
R: summarise(gdf, total=sum(col1))
df.groupby('col1').agg({'col1': 'mean'})
df.groupby('col1').sum()
55
Drop rows with na
Drop columns
df.dropna()
Drop columns
df.dropna(axis=1)
56
fill the missing values within a particular column with the average value from that column
df['A'].fillna(df['A'].mean())
57
Group by examples
df.groupby('Organization').mean()
Mean of other columns that are numerical
df.groupby('Organization').sum()
df.groupby('Organization').std()
df.groupby('Organization').count()
df.groupby('Organization').describe()
df.groupby('Organization').max()
df.groupby('Organization').min()
#The standard deviation of the sales column
58
Concatenate data frames along rows or columns
Rows
pd.concat([df1,df2,df3])
Columns
pd.concat([df1,df2,df3],axis=1)
59
Merge
pd.merge(leftDataFrame, rightDataFrame, how='inner', on='id')
Join does same, but does it on index
60
Unique and counts of unique
df['col2'].unique()
Gets unique items, only works on a series
df['col2'].nunique()
61
Counts
df['col2'].value_counts()
62
Map
The apply method allows you to easily apply the exponentify function to each element of the Series:
df['col2'].apply(exponentify)
63
Sort rows by value of a column
df.sort_values('col2')
64
Pipe / chaining
df_chain = (
pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flyandlure/datasets/master/ecommerce_sales_by_date.csv')
.fillna('') )
Note the parentheses.
65
df[0:3]
Gets first 3 rows. Similarly if use consecutive indices
66
Label slicing and endpoints
df.loc["20130102":"20130104", ["A", "B"]]
A B
2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215
2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569
2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771
67
Lists of integer positions
In [34]: df.iloc[[1, 2, 4], [0, 2]]
Out[34]:
A C
2013-01-02 1.212112 0.119209
2013-01-03 -0.861849 -0.494929
2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.276232
68
Select like in does in R
df2[df2["E"].isin(["two", "four"])]
Out[44]:
A B C D E
2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 two
2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 -1.087401 four
69
to and from pickle
to_pickle("myfile.pkl") , read_pickle("myfile.pkl")
70
71
Bitwise Boolean
In [14]: s = pd.Series(range(5))
In [15]: s == 4
Out[15]:
0 False
1 False
2 False
3 False
4 True
dtype: bool
72
In and isin
Using the Python in operator on a Series tests for membership in the index, not membership among the values.
s = pd.Series(range(5), index=list("abcde"))
2 in s
Out[17]: False
'b' in s
Out[18]: True
If this behavior is surprising, keep in mind that using in on a Python dictionary tests keys, not values, and Series are dict-like. To test for membership in the values, use
isin
isin([2])
Out[19]:
a False
b False
c True
d False
e False
dtype: bool
s.isin([2]).any()
Out[20]: True
For DataFrame, likewise, in applies to the column axis, testing for membership in the list of column names.
method isin():
73
Create series from a scalar
If data is a scalar value, an index must be provided. The value will be repeated to match the length of index.
pd.Series(5.0, index=["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"])
a 5.0
b 5.0
c 5.0
d 5.0
e 5.0
dtype: float64
74
Change/assign categories/levels vs R
In contrast to R’s factor function, there is currently no way to assign/change labels at creation time. Use categories to change the categories after creation time.
75
Category type default
Category type is unordered,
need CategoricalDtype for ordered factors
As a convenience, you can use the string 'category' in place of a CategoricalDtype when you want the default behavior of the categories being unordered, and equal to the set values present in the array. In other words, dtype='category' is equivalent to dtype=CategoricalDtype().
76
Categorical series and describe
In [53]: cat = pd.Categorical(["a", "c", "c", np.nan], categories=["b", "a", "c"])
In [54]: df = pd.DataFrame({"cat": cat, "s": ["a", "c", "c", np.nan]})
In [55]: df.describe()
Out[55]:
cat s
count 3 3
unique 2 2
top c c
freq 2 2
In [56]: df["cat"].describe()
Out[56]:
count 3
unique 2
top c
freq 2
Name: cat, dtype: object
77
Categorical series and unique
The result of unique() is not always the same as Series.cat.categories, because Series.unique() has a couple of guarantees, namely that it returns categories in the order of appearance, and it only includes values that are actually present.
