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Top Questions People Ask About Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib & Scikit-learn — Answered!

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 Whether you're a beginner or brushing up on your skills, these are the real-world questions Python learners ask most about key libraries in data science. Let’s dive in! 🐍 🐼 Pandas: Data Manipulation Made Easy 1. How do I handle missing data in a DataFrame? df.fillna( 0 ) # Replace NaNs with 0 df.dropna() # Remove rows with NaNs df.isna(). sum () # Count missing values per column 2. How can I merge or join two DataFrames? pd.merge(df1, df2, on= 'id' , how= 'inner' ) # inner, left, right, outer 3. What is the difference between loc[] and iloc[] ? loc[] uses labels (e.g., column names) iloc[] uses integer positions df.loc[ 0 , 'name' ] # label-based df.iloc[ 0 , 1 ] # index-based 4. How do I group data and perform aggregation? df.groupby( 'category' )[ 'sales' ]. sum () 5. How can I convert a column to datetime format? df[ 'date' ] = pd.to_datetime(df[ 'date' ]) ...

How to Unpack a List into Variables Quickly in Python

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Here are two examples to unpack a list in Python. You can do it easily by using splat operator. The asterisk in python is called a Splat operator. Here are two splat operators - Single and Double. Below, you will find examples. 1. Single splat operator Consider, for example, this code: abc = [1,2,3,4] print(abc)  Here the output will be: [1, 2, 3, 4] What if you didn't want the list output in list format? What if all you wanted was the list of values to be written to the output console? You could write them using a loop and one of the output functions, but Python prefers an easier way: print(*abc) 1 2 3 4 2. Double splat operator Here, I have written a function: def func(x,y,z):        return x + y + z print(func(**d)) It will show '6' as output. Since, I have assigned values for x,y, and z in a dictionary. So by using a double splat operator you assign values to the function. d = {  'x': 1,  'y': 2,  'z': 3  } Related posts 3 Advanced m...