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Data Science Cheat Sheet

Pandas

KEY IMPORTS
We’ll use shorthand in this cheat sheet Import these to start
df - A pandas DataFrame object import pandas as pd
s - A pandas Series object import numpy as np

I M P O RT I N G DATA SELECTION col1 in ascending order then col2 in descending

pd.read_csv(filename) - From a CSV file df[col] - Returns column with label col as Series order
pd.read_table(filename) - From a delimited text df[[col1, col2]] - Returns Columns as a new df.groupby(col) - Returns a groupby object for
file (like TSV) DataFrame values from one column
pd.read_excel(filename) - From an Excel file s.iloc[0] - Selection by position df.groupby([col1,col2]) - Returns a groupby
pd.read_sql(query, connection_object) - s.loc[0] - Selection by index object values from multiple columns
Reads from a SQL table/database df.iloc[0,:] - First row df.groupby(col1)[col2].mean() - Returns the
pd.read_json(json_string) - Reads from a JSON df.iloc[0,0] - First element of first column mean of the values in col2, grouped by the
formatted string, URL or file. values in col1 (mean can be replaced with
pd.read_html(url) - Parses an html URL, string or DATA C L E A N I N G almost any function from the statistics section)
file and extracts tables to a list of dataframes df.columns = ['a','b','c'] - Renames columns df.pivot_table(index=col1,values=
pd.read_clipboard() - Takes the contents of your pd.isnull() - Checks for null Values, Returns [col2,col3],aggfunc=mean) - Creates a pivot
clipboard and passes it to read_table() Boolean Array table that groups by col1 and calculates the
pd.DataFrame(dict) - From a dict, keys for pd.notnull() - Opposite of s.isnull() mean of col2 and col3
columns names, values for data as lists df.dropna() - Drops all rows that contain null df.groupby(col1).agg(np.mean) - Finds the
values average across all columns for every unique
E X P O RT I N G DATA df.dropna(axis=1) - Drops all columns that column 1 group
df.to_csv(filename) - Writes to a CSV file contain null values df.apply(np.mean) - Applies a function across
df.to_excel(filename) - Writes to an Excel file df.dropna(axis=1,thresh=n) - Drops all rows each column
df.to_sql(table_name, connection_object) - have have less than n non null values df.apply(np.max, axis=1) - Applies a function
Writes to a SQL table df.fillna(x) - Replaces all null values with x across each row
df.to_json(filename) - Writes to a file in JSON s.fillna(s.mean()) - Replaces all null values with
format the mean (mean can be replaced with almost J O I N /C O M B I N E
df.to_html(filename) - Saves as an HTML table any function from the statistics section) df1.append(df2) - Adds the rows in df1 to the
df.to_clipboard() - Writes to the clipboard s.astype(float) - Converts the datatype of the end of df2 (columns should be identical)
series to float pd.concat([df1, df2],axis=1) - Adds the
C R E AT E T E ST O B J E C TS s.replace(1,'one') - Replaces all values equal to columns in df1 to the end of df2 (rows should be
Useful for testing 1 with 'one' identical)
pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(20,5)) - 5 s.replace([1,3],['one','three']) - Replaces df1.join(df2,on=col1,how='inner') - SQL-style
columns and 20 rows of random floats all 1 with 'one' and 3 with 'three' joins the columns in df1 with the columns
pd.Series(my_list) - Creates a series from an df.rename(columns=lambda x: x + 1) - Mass on df2 where the rows for col have identical
iterable my_list renaming of columns values. how can be one of 'left', 'right',
df.index = pd.date_range('1900/1/30', df.rename(columns={'old_name': 'new_ 'outer', 'inner'
periods=df.shape[0]) - Adds a date index name'}) - Selective renaming
df.set_index('column_one') - Changes the index STAT I ST I C S
V I E W I N G/ I N S P E C T I N G DATA df.rename(index=lambda x: x + 1) - Mass These can all be applied to a series as well.
df.head(n) - First n rows of the DataFrame renaming of index df.describe() - Summary statistics for numerical
df.tail(n) - Last n rows of the DataFrame columns
df.shape() - Number of rows and columns F I LT E R, S O RT, & G R O U P BY df.mean() - Returns the mean of all columns
df.info() - Index, Datatype and Memory df[df[col] > 0.5] - Rows where the col column df.corr() - Returns the correlation between
information is greater than 0.5 columns in a DataFrame
df.describe() - Summary statistics for numerical df[(df[col] > 0.5) & (df[col] < 0.7)] - df.count() - Returns the number of non-null
columns Rows where 0.7 > col > 0.5 values in each DataFrame column
s.value_counts(dropna=False) - Views unique df.sort_values(col1) - Sorts values by col1 in df.max() - Returns the highest value in each
values and counts ascending order column
df.apply(pd.Series.value_counts) - Unique df.sort_values(col2,ascending=False) - Sorts df.min() - Returns the lowest value in each column
values and counts for all columns values by col2 in descending order df.median() - Returns the median of each column
df.sort_values([col1,col2], df.std() - Returns the standard deviation of each
ascending=[True,False]) - Sorts values by column

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