Pandas is arguably the most important Python package for data science. Not only does it give you lots of methods and functions that make working with data easier, but it has been optimized for speed which gives you a significant advantage compared with working with numeric data using Python’s built-in functions.
The printable version of this cheat sheet
It’s common when first learning pandas to have trouble remembering all the functions and methods that you need, and while at Dataquest we advocate getting used to consulting the pandas documentation, sometimes it’s nice to have a handy reference, so we’ve put together this cheat sheet to help you out!
If you’re interested in learning pandas, you can consult our two-part pandas tutorial blog post, or you can signup for free and start learning pandas through our interactive pandas for data science course.
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Key and Imports
In this cheat sheet, we use the following shorthand:
df | Any pandas DataFrame object |
s | Any pandas Series... |