4. 10 Minutes to pandas
10 Minutes to pandas
This is a short introduction to pandas, geared mainly for new users. You can see more complex recipes in the Cookbook
Customarily, we import as follows:
In [1]: import pandas as pd In [2]: import numpy as np In [3]: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
Object Creation
See the Data Structure Intro section
Creating a Series
by passing a list of values, letting pandas create a default integer index:
In [4]: s = pd.Series([1,3,5,np.nan,6,8]) In [5