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Pandas Exercises And Solutions

The following list below are solutions for the pandas exercises given in the pandas python lesson at 4Geeks.com, click here to access the exercise instructions.

In [ ]:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

np.random.seed(42)

Exercise 01

In [2]:
# From list
l = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
serie = pd.Series(l)
print(serie)

# From NumPy array
array = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
serie = pd.Series(array)
print(serie)

# From dictionary
d = {"A": 1, "B": 2, "C": 3}
serie = pd.Series(d)
print(serie)
0    1
1    2
2    3
3    4
4    5
5    6
dtype: int64
0    1
1    2
2    3
3    4
4    5
5    6
dtype: int64
A    1
B    2
C    3
dtype: int64

Exercise 02

In [3]:
# From NumPy array
array = np.random.randint(1, 10, size = (5, 5))
dataframe = pd.DataFrame(array)
dataframe
Out[3]:
01234
074857
137854
288365
328625
416913
In [4]:
# From dictionary
d = {
    "A": np.random.randint(10, 100, size = 5),
    "B": np.linspace(1, 10, 5),
    "C": np.random.randn(5)
}
dataframe = pd.DataFrame(d)
dataframe
Out[4]:
ABC
0641.00-0.600254
1733.250.947440
2125.500.291034
3607.75-0.635560
41610.00-1.021552
In [5]:
# From list of tuples
t = [(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9)]
dataframe = pd.DataFrame(t)
dataframe
Out[5]:
012
0123
1456
2789

Exercise 03

In [6]:
s1 = pd.Series([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
s2 = pd.Series([4, 5, 6, 7, 8])

# Method 1
dataframe = pd.DataFrame({"ser1": s1, "ser2": s2})
dataframe = pd.DataFrame({"ser1": s1, "ser2": s2}, index = s1.index)
dataframe
Out[6]:
ser1ser2
014
125
236
347
458
In [7]:
# Method 2
dataframe = pd.concat([s1, s2], axis = 1)
dataframe
Out[7]:
01
014
125
236
347
458
In [8]:
# Method 3
s1.name = "ser1"
s2.name = "ser2"

dataframe = s1.to_frame().join(s2)
dataframe
Out[8]:
ser1ser2
014
125
236
347
458

Exercise 04

In [9]:
s1 = pd.Series([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
s2 = pd.Series([4, 5, 6, 7, 8])

# Method 1: Using Pandas function
filtering_results = s1.isin(s2)
indices = s1[filtering_results].index

indices
Out[9]:
Index([3, 4], dtype='int64')
In [10]:
# Method 2: Using NumPy function
indices = np.where(s1.isin(s2))
indices
Out[10]:
(array([3, 4]),)
In [11]:
# Method 3: Using Python
indices = []

for value in s1.values:
    if value in s2.values:
        indices.append(s1[s1 == value].index[0])
indices
Out[11]:
[3, 4]

Exercise 05

In [12]:
s1 = pd.Series([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
s2 = pd.Series([4, 5, 6, 7, 8])

# Method 1
unique_s1 = s1[~s1.isin(s2)]
unique_s2 = s2[~s2.isin(s1)]

unique_elements = np.concatenate([unique_s1, unique_s2])
unique_elements
Out[12]:
array([1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8])
In [13]:
# Method 2
concat = pd.concat([s1, s2])
unique_elements = concat[~concat.duplicated(keep = False)].values
unique_elements
Out[13]:
array([1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8])

Exercise 06

In [14]:
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(10, 5) * 10, columns = [f"Col {i}" for i in range(5)])
df
Out[14]:
Col 0Col 1Col 2Col 3Col 4
04.9517690.3438859.0932042.5878006.625223
13.1171115.2006805.4671031.8485459.695846
27.7513289.3949898.9482745.9790009.218742
30.8849251.9598290.4522733.2533033.886773
42.7134908.2873753.5675332.8093455.426961
51.4092428.0219700.7455069.8688697.722448
61.9871570.0552218.1546147.0685737.290072
77.7127030.7404473.5846571.1586918.631034
86.2329813.3089800.6355843.1098233.251833
97.2960626.3755758.8721274.7221491.195942
In [15]:
df.sort_values("Col 0")
Out[15]:
Col 0Col 1Col 2Col 3Col 4
30.8849251.9598290.4522733.2533033.886773
51.4092428.0219700.7455069.8688697.722448
61.9871570.0552218.1546147.0685737.290072
42.7134908.2873753.5675332.8093455.426961
13.1171115.2006805.4671031.8485459.695846
04.9517690.3438859.0932042.5878006.625223
86.2329813.3089800.6355843.1098233.251833
97.2960626.3755758.8721274.7221491.195942
77.7127030.7404473.5846571.1586918.631034
27.7513289.3949898.9482745.9790009.218742
In [16]:
df.sort_values(by = ["Col 2", "Col 4"])
Out[16]:
Col 0Col 1Col 2Col 3Col 4
30.8849251.9598290.4522733.2533033.886773
86.2329813.3089800.6355843.1098233.251833
51.4092428.0219700.7455069.8688697.722448
42.7134908.2873753.5675332.8093455.426961
77.7127030.7404473.5846571.1586918.631034
13.1171115.2006805.4671031.8485459.695846
61.9871570.0552218.1546147.0685737.290072
97.2960626.3755758.8721274.7221491.195942
27.7513289.3949898.9482745.9790009.218742
04.9517690.3438859.0932042.5878006.625223

Exercise 07

In [17]:
df.columns = [f"{i}_column" for i in range(5)]
df
Out[17]:
0_column1_column2_column3_column4_column
04.9517690.3438859.0932042.5878006.625223
13.1171115.2006805.4671031.8485459.695846
27.7513289.3949898.9482745.9790009.218742
30.8849251.9598290.4522733.2533033.886773
42.7134908.2873753.5675332.8093455.426961
51.4092428.0219700.7455069.8688697.722448
61.9871570.0552218.1546147.0685737.290072
77.7127030.7404473.5846571.1586918.631034
86.2329813.3089800.6355843.1098233.251833
97.2960626.3755758.8721274.7221491.195942

Exercise 08

In [18]:
df.index = [f"{i}_row" for i in range(10)]
df
Out[18]:
0_column1_column2_column3_column4_column
0_row4.9517690.3438859.0932042.5878006.625223
1_row3.1171115.2006805.4671031.8485459.695846
2_row7.7513289.3949898.9482745.9790009.218742
3_row0.8849251.9598290.4522733.2533033.886773
4_row2.7134908.2873753.5675332.8093455.426961
5_row1.4092428.0219700.7455069.8688697.722448
6_row1.9871570.0552218.1546147.0685737.290072
7_row7.7127030.7404473.5846571.1586918.631034
8_row6.2329813.3089800.6355843.1098233.251833
9_row7.2960626.3755758.8721274.7221491.195942