Python:Pandas Built-in Functions

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Published May 12, 2022
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Pandas provides a wide variety of built-in functions for data access and manipulation. A few of the more significant ones are listed below.

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Built-in Functions

.concat()
Concatenates multiple dataframes or series along a particular axis.
.get_dummies()
Converts categorical variables to dummy (indicator) variables
.read_csv()
Reads a CSV file into a Pandas DataFrame object.
.read_excel()
Reads an Excel file into a Pandas DataFrame object.
.to_datetime()
Converts various date and time representations into standardized pandas datetime objects for time series analysis.
.unique()
Returns a NumPy array of the unique values in the order they appear in the Series.

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