Series, dataframes, and indexing

A dataframe is columns of typed series sharing an index. Once the index clicks, selection with loc and iloc stops being guesswork.

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Overview

What this lesson covers

Create dataframes and inspect their dtypes
Select rows and columns with loc and iloc
Understand why the index matters

This lesson sits in pandas Essentials, part of Python for Data Work. It assumes what came before it and leads directly into the next lesson in the module.

In this lesson you will:

Create dataframes and inspect their dtypes
Select rows and columns with loc and iloc
Understand why the index matters

Resources

pandas documentationThe official reference for the tools used in this lesson.