Pandas-Indexing-and-Selection.ipynb

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    "# Data Indexing and Selection"
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   "source": [
    "### Series as dictionary\n",
    "\n",
    "- A ``Series`` object maps a collection of keys to a collection of values."
   ]
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     "data": {
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       "a    0.25\n",
       "b    0.50\n",
       "c    0.75\n",
       "d    1.00\n",
       "dtype: float64"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 1,
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   ],
   "source": [
    "import pandas as pd\n",
    "data = pd.Series([0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0], index=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])\n",
    "data"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 2,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
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       "0.5"
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     },
     "execution_count": 2,
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    "data['b']"
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   "source": [
    "- We can also use dictionary-like Python expressions and methods to examine the keys/indices and values:"
   ]
  },
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       "True"
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     "execution_count": 3,
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   "source": [
    "'a' in data"
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 4,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "Index(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], dtype='object')"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 4,
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     "output_type": "execute_result"
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   ],
   "source": [
    "data.keys()"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 5,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
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     "data": {
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       "[('a', 0.25), ('b', 0.5), ('c', 0.75), ('d', 1.0)]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 5,
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   ],
   "source": [
    "list(data.items())"
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  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "- ``Series`` objects can be modified with a dictionary-like syntax. Just as you can extend a dictionary by assigning a new key, you can extend a ``Series`` by assigning a new index value:"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 6,
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     "data": {
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       "a    0.25\n",
       "b    0.50\n",
       "c    0.75\n",
       "d    1.00\n",
       "e    1.25\n",
       "dtype: float64"
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     },
     "execution_count": 6,
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     "output_type": "execute_result"
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   "source": [
    "data['e'] = 1.25\n",
    "data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "### Series as one-dimensional array"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "- A ``Series`` provides array-style item selection via *slices*, *masking*, and *fancy indexing*."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 7,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "a    0.25\n",
       "b    0.50\n",
       "c    0.75\n",
       "dtype: float64"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 7,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
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   ],
   "source": [
    "# slicing by explicit index\n",
    "data['a':'c']"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 8,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "a    0.25\n",
       "b    0.50\n",
       "dtype: float64"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 8,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
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   ],
   "source": [
    "# slicing by implicit integer index\n",
    "data[0:2]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 9,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "b    0.50\n",
       "c    0.75\n",
       "dtype: float64"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 9,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
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   ],
   "source": [
    "# masking\n",
    "data[(data > 0.3) & (data < 0.8)]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 10,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "a    0.25\n",
       "e    1.25\n",
       "dtype: float64"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 10,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# fancy indexing\n",
    "data[['a', 'e']]"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "- Slicing may be the source of the most confusion. When slicing with an explicit index (``data['a':'c']``), the final index is *included* in the slice. When slicing with an implicit index (``data[0:2]``), the final index is *excluded*."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 11,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "1    a\n",
       "3    b\n",
       "5    c\n",
       "dtype: object"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 11,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "data = pd.Series(['a', 'b', 'c'], index=[1, 3, 5])\n",
    "data"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 12,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'a'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 12,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# explicit index when indexing\n",
    "data[1]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 13,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "3    b\n",
       "5    c\n",
       "dtype: object"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 13,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
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   ],
   "source": [
    "# implicit index when slicing\n",
    "data[1:3]"
   ]
  },
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   "source": [
    "- Pandas provides special *indexer* attributes that explicitly expose certain indexing schemes. These are not functional methods, but attributes that expose a particular slicing interface to the data in the ``Series``.\n",
    "- First, the ``loc`` attribute allows indexing and slicing that always references the explicit index:"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 14,
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   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'a'"
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     },
     "execution_count": 14,
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   "source": [
    "data.loc[1]"
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  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 15,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "1    a\n",
       "3    b\n",
       "dtype: object"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 15,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
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   ],
   "source": [
    "data.loc[1:3]"
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "- The ``iloc`` attribute allows indexing and slicing that always references the implicit Python-style index:"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 16,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "'b'"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 16,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "data.iloc[1]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 17,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "3    b\n",
       "5    c\n",
       "dtype: object"
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     },
     "execution_count": 17,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
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    "data.iloc[1:3]"
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    "- A third indexing attribute, ``ix``, is a hybrid of the two, and for ``Series`` objects is equivalent to standard ``[]``-based indexing.\n",
    "\n",
    "- One guiding principle: \"explicit is better than implicit.\" The explicit nature of ``loc`` and ``iloc`` make them useful in maintaining clean and readable code; especially in the case of integer indexes."
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
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   "source": [
    "### Data Selection in DataFrame\n",
    "\n",
    "- A ``DataFrame`` acts in many ways like a two-dimensional or structured array, and in other ways like a dictionary of ``Series`` structures sharing the same index."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "### DataFrame as a dictionary\n",
    "\n",
    "- The first analogy we will consider is the ``DataFrame`` as a dictionary of related ``Series`` objects."
   ]
  },
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       "      <th>California</th>\n",
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       "              area       pop\n",
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    "area = pd.Series({'California': 423967, 'Texas': 695662,\n",
    "                  'New York': 141297, 'Florida': 170312,\n",
    "                  'Illinois': 149995})\n",
    "pop = pd.Series({'California': 38332521, 'Texas': 26448193,\n",
    "                 'New York': 19651127, 'Florida': 19552860,\n",
    "                 'Illinois': 12882135})\n",
    "data = pd.DataFrame({'area':area, 'pop':pop})\n",
    "data"
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   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "- The ``Series`` (the columns of the ``DataFrame``) can be accessed via dictionary-style indexing of the column name:"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
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       "California    423967\n",
       "Florida       170312\n",
       "Illinois      149995\n",
       "New York      141297\n",
       "Texas         695662\n",
       "Name: area, dtype: int64"
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     "execution_count": 19,
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   "source": [
    "data['area']"
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
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   "source": [
    "- You can attribute-style access with column names that are strings:"
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   "cell_type": "code",
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       "California    423967\n",
       "Florida       170312\n",
       "Illinois      149995\n",
       "New York      141297\n",
       "Texas         695662\n",
       "Name: area, dtype: int64"
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     "execution_count": 20,
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    "data.area"
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   "source": [
    "- These two methods are equivalent."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 21,
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     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "True"
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     "execution_count": 21,
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    "data.area is data['area']"
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   "source": [
    "- Though this is a useful shorthand, there are limits. For example, if the column names are not strings, or if the column names conflict with methods of the ``DataFrame``, this attribute-style access is not possible.\n",
    "\n",
    "- For example, the ``DataFrame`` has a ``pop()`` method, so ``data.pop`` will point to this rather than the ``\"pop\"`` column:"
   ]
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  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 22,
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   "outputs": [
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     "data": {
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       "False"
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     "execution_count": 22,
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    "data.pop is data['pop']"
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "- Avoid the temptation to try column assignment via attribute (i.e., use ``data['pop'] = z`` rather than ``data.pop = z``).\n",
    "\n",
    "- Dictionary-style syntax can also be used to modify the object, in this case adding a new column."
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  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 23,
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       "      <th>density</th>\n",
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       "  </thead>\n",
       "  <tbody>\n",
       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>California</th>\n",
       "      <td>423967</td>\n",
       "      <td>38332521</td>\n",
       "      <td>90.413926</td>\n",
       "    </tr>\n",
       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>Florida</th>\n",
       "      <td>170312</td>\n",
       "      <td>19552860</td>\n",
       "      <td>114.806121</td>\n",
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       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>Illinois</th>\n",
       "      <td>149995</td>\n",
       "      <td>12882135</td>\n",
       "      <td>85.883763</td>\n",
       "    </tr>\n",
       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>New York</th>\n",
       "      <td>141297</td>\n",
       "      <td>19651127</td>\n",
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       "      <th>Texas</th>\n",
       "      <td>695662</td>\n",
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       "              area       pop     density\n",
       "California  423967  38332521   90.413926\n",
       "Florida     170312  19552860  114.806121\n",
       "Illinois    149995  12882135   85.883763\n",
       "New York    141297  19651127  139.076746\n",
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    "data['density'] = data['pop'] / data['area']\n",
    "data"
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   "source": [
    "### DataFrame as two-dimensional array\n",
    "\n",
    "- You can also view the ``DataFrame`` as an enhanced two-dimensional array. View the raw underlying data array using the ``values`` attribute:"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 24,
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       "array([[  4.23967000e+05,   3.83325210e+07,   9.04139261e+01],\n",
       "       [  1.70312000e+05,   1.95528600e+07,   1.14806121e+02],\n",
       "       [  1.49995000e+05,   1.28821350e+07,   8.58837628e+01],\n",
       "       [  1.41297000e+05,   1.96511270e+07,   1.39076746e+02],\n",
       "       [  6.95662000e+05,   2.64481930e+07,   3.80187404e+01]])"
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     "execution_count": 24,
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    "data.values"
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "- Many array-like observations can be done on ``DataFrame``s. For example, we can transpose the full ``DataFrame`` to swap rows and columns:"
   ]
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       "      <th>California</th>\n",
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       "      <th>Texas</th>\n",
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       "      <th>area</th>\n",
       "      <td>4.239670e+05</td>\n",
       "      <td>1.703120e+05</td>\n",
       "      <td>1.499950e+05</td>\n",
       "      <td>1.412970e+05</td>\n",
       "      <td>6.956620e+05</td>\n",
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       "      <th>pop</th>\n",
       "      <td>3.833252e+07</td>\n",
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       "      <td>1.288214e+07</td>\n",
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       "      <td>2.644819e+07</td>\n",
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       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>density</th>\n",
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