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{"cells":[{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"0ff5cc94-2db7-4bbd-8277-c22eb78602ba","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\n","    \u003ca href=\"https://skills.network/?utm_medium=Exinfluencer\u0026utm_source=Exinfluencer\u0026utm_content=000026UJ\u0026utm_term=10006555\u0026utm_id=NA-SkillsNetwork-Channel-SkillsNetworkCoursesIBMDeveloperSkillsNetworkPY0101ENSkillsNetwork1005-2023-01-01\"\u003e\n","    \u003cimg src=\"https://cf-courses-data.s3.us.cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud/assets/logos/SN_web_lightmode.png\" width=\"200\" alt=\"Skills Network Logo\"  /\u003e\n","    \u003c/a\u003e\n","\u003c/p\u003e\n","\n","# Practice Lab: Selecting data in a Dataframe\n","\n","Estimated time needed: **15** minutes\n","\n","## Objectives\n","\n","After completing this lab you will be able to:\n","\n","*   Use Pandas Library to create DataFrame and Series\n","*   Locate data in the DataFrame using \u003ccode\u003eloc()\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eiloc()\u003c/code\u003e functions\n","*   Use slicing\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"9cc60b55-5053-41e4-a565-51bed02a3d99","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["### Exercise 1: Pandas: DataFrame and Series \n","\n","**Pandas** is a popular library for data analysis built on top of the Python programming language. Pandas generally provide two data structures for manipulating data, They are: \n"," \n","* DataFrame\n","* Series\n","\n","A **DataFrame** is a two-dimensional data structure, i.e., data is aligned in a tabular fashion in rows and columns.\n","\n","* A Pandas DataFrame will be created by loading the datasets from existing storage. \n","* Storage can be SQL Database, CSV file, Excel file, etc. \n","* It can also be created from the lists, dictionaries, and from a list of dictionaries.\n","\n","**Series** represents a one-dimensional array of indexed data.\n","It has two main components :\n","1. An array of actual data.\n","2. An associated array of indexes or data labels.\n","\n","The index is used to access individual data values. You can also get a column of a dataframe as a **Series**. You can think of a Pandas series as a 1-D dataframe. \n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"d13aab52-e886-4841-b1a2-7013ded76c34","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["# let us import the Pandas Library\nimport pandas as pd"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"90af9514-e1f3-4fe5-9fbb-fa1530914577","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["Once you’ve imported pandas, you can then use the functions built in it to create and analyze data.\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"d99d8cde-aff6-49aa-b77a-2c2f112cb5b3","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["**In this practice lab, we will learn how to create a DataFrame out of a dictionary.**\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"675fd7e9-8294-40bf-a64a-fc3767604bab","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["Let us consider a dictionary 'x' with keys and values as shown below.\n","\n","We then create a dataframe from the dictionary using the function pd.DataFrame(dict)\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"6d267fcb-f16d-4032-b390-82c8584a0341","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#Define a dictionary 'x'\n\nx = {'Name': ['Rose','John', 'Jane', 'Mary'], 'ID': [1, 2, 3, 4], 'Department': ['Architect Group', 'Software Group', 'Design Team', 'Infrastructure'], \n      'Salary':[100000, 80000, 50000, 60000]}\n\n#casting the dictionary to a DataFrame\ndf = pd.DataFrame(x)\n\n#display the result df\ndf"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"1a20f5df-d673-4637-9d1c-aad1920a7623","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["We can see the direct correspondence between the table. The keys correspond to the column labels and the values or lists correspond to the rows.\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"0ad07fbf-fc19-4435-b5ff-f21ca46ebb8b","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#### Column Selection:\n","\n","To select a column in Pandas DataFrame, we can either access the columns by calling them by their columns name. \n","\n","Let's Retrieve the data present in the \u003ccode\u003eID\u003c/code\u003e column.\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"0eeb8f94-78e1-477a-8ba5-df02edd5645e","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#Retrieving the \"ID\" column and assigning it to a variable x\nx = df[['ID']]\nx"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"d7a951c9-e258-4e70-bd32-60ea30fd3c40","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["Let's use the \u003ccode\u003etype()\u003c/code\u003e function and check the type of the variable.\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"59deb694-cabc-4e54-ad43-f674fd9965ea","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#check the type of x\ntype(x)"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"5b486aff-0f51-43b3-b1d8-073d57f15922","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["The output shows us that the type of the variable is a DataFrame object.\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"0ffbc8e5-54f7-4bd7-a70c-fdaf6621a61b","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#### Access to multiple columns\n","\n","Let us retrieve the data for \u003ccode\u003eDepartment\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eSalary\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eID\u003c/code\u003e columns\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"0b676e31-d451-48c1-8919-b5de564ebfd4","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#Retrieving the Department, Salary and ID columns and assigning it to a variable z\n\nz = df[['Department','Salary','ID']]\nz"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"08063875-1b0d-4dc9-bf00-6ec8b3f95998","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["### Try it yourself\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"140f6fc3-1cac-4fbf-a7db-e08575fc8fb3","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["##### Problem 1: Create a dataframe to display the result as below:\n","\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"63b3ba25-ce0b-4c9b-9db1-c84f5082a15d","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003ccenter\u003e\n","    \u003cimg src=\"https://cf-courses-data.s3.us.cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud/IBMDeveloperSkillsNetwork-PY0101EN-SkillsNetwork/labs/Module%204/images/Student_data.png\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Student Data\"\u003e\n","\u003c/center\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"cfa997e8-d77f-406f-8475-4c47bca5b4d0","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#write your code here\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"f3a5e192-554d-445d-965d-1e0e73a02e65","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eClick here for the solution\u003c/summary\u003e\n","\n","```python\n","a = {'Student':['David', 'Samuel', 'Terry', 'Evan'],\n","     'Age':['27', '24', '22', '32'],\n","     'Country':['UK', 'Canada', 'China', 'USA'],\n","     'Course':['Python','Data Structures','Machine Learning','Web Development'],\n","     'Marks':['85','72','89','76']}\n","df1 = pd.DataFrame(a)\n","df1\n","    \n","```\n","\n","\u003c/details\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"ade9f7cb-e359-4bcc-b617-2294eccdb2b5","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["##### Problem 2: Retrieve the Marks column and assign it to a variable b\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"502ab34d-7bbd-444e-a74f-cc4b501e7116","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#write your code here\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"3b4046bc-7a6c-448e-83eb-8c2053962220","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eClick here for the solution\u003c/summary\u003e\n","\n","```python\n","b = df1[['Marks']]\n","b\n","    \n","```\n","\n","\u003c/details\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"844e1873-5c9f-485d-8c12-f9d9d1052dfc","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["##### Problem 3: Retrieve the Country and Course columns and assign it to a variable c\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"74d6cd70-7f99-45de-a61c-28e153d8e067","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#write your code here\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"e762a01f-63e2-403e-9717-5c31205265c3","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eClick here for the solution\u003c/summary\u003e\n","\n","```python\n","c = df1[['Country','Course']]\n","c\n","    \n","```\n","\n","\u003c/details\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"718ad747-3ea1-4a16-b89a-8832b4dc3a8f","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#### To view the column as a series, just use one bracket:\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"0726724b-4be5-4100-9098-8d8429954322","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["# Get the Student column as a series Object\n\nx = df1['Student']\nx"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"1ca6fc53-92cb-4deb-b737-49be4280eac9","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#check the type of x\ntype(x)"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"a0ccf699-a186-4319-bd65-40e498b46888","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["The output shows us that the type of the variable is a Series object.\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"4a94490c-794a-49f0-b6b6-ff5fcd85bd09","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["### Exercise 2: \u003ccode\u003eloc()\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eiloc()\u003c/code\u003e functions\n","\n","\u003ccode\u003eloc()\u003c/code\u003e is a label-based data selecting method which means that we have to pass the name of the row or column that we want to select. This method includes the last element of the range passed in it.\n","\n","Simple syntax for your understanding: \n","\n"," - loc[row_label, column_label]\n","\n","\u003ccode\u003eiloc()\u003c/code\u003e is an indexed-based selecting method which means that we have to pass an integer index in the method to select a specific row/column. This method does not include the last element of the range passed in it.\n","\n","Simple syntax for your understanding: \n","   \n"," - iloc[row_index, column_index]\n","\n","\u003ch4 id=\"data\"\u003eLet us see some examples on the same.\u003c/h4\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"9536349c-c562-4172-88a5-6c6f3189638f","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["# Access the value on the first row and the first column\n\ndf.iloc[0, 0]"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"75fbe047-730a-4d67-8df4-89672dd69d51","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["# Access the value on the first row and the third column\n\ndf.iloc[0,2]"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"7af7a171-e170-4ccf-b5e5-7e92b274e10b","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["# Access the column using the name\n\ndf.loc[0, 'Salary']"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"537537ea-3d23-4da4-9d90-9b9309947ee4","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["Let us create a new dataframe called 'df2' and assign 'df' to it. Now, let us set the \"Name\" column as an index column using the method set_index().\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"507e4999-cdee-4a5a-ba86-f6e3b152b9e0","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["df2=df\ndf2=df2.set_index(\"Name\")"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"afc43d2d-8671-4657-957e-6f1ad49bb56b","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#To display the first 5 rows of new dataframe\ndf2.head()"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"9bb7039c-c4f7-436e-82ed-745c28189a82","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#Now, let us access the column using the name\ndf2.loc['Jane', 'Salary']"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"093227a4-c503-42b8-a144-2f7941e0625f","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["### Try it yourself\n","\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"2e5717eb-a845-4c7c-ba45-bc8f051842e1","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["Use the \u003ccode\u003eloc()\u003c/code\u003e function,to get the Department of Jane in the newly created dataframe df2.\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"3ee1f3a5-17a4-4df9-b977-df4b44903fae","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#write your code here\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"cdad6eaf-b15c-4dc9-ada2-b58d3b543f21","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eClick here for the solution\u003c/summary\u003e\n","\n","```python\n","df2.loc['Jane', 'Department']\n","    \n","```\n","\n","\u003c/details\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"9c72bc63-f264-4688-9d54-7af0a4909d91","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["Use the \u003ccode\u003eiloc()\u003c/code\u003e function to get the Salary of Mary in the newly created dataframe df2.\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"d1fa9b38-79d4-40aa-9842-01e28a81e13b","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#write your code here\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"f856d390-c269-4763-8cb9-8a44d98c3157","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eClick here for the solution\u003c/summary\u003e\n","\n","```python\n","df2.iloc[3,2]\n","    \n","```\n","\n","\u003c/details\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"8271b532-ed67-416a-964f-75b2b3360725","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["### Exercise 3: Slicing\n","\n","Slicing uses the [] operator to select a set of rows and/or columns from a DataFrame.\n","\n","To slice out a set of rows, you use this syntax: data[start:stop], \n","\n","here the start represents the index from where to consider, and stop represents the index one step BEYOND the row you want to select. You can perform slicing using both the index and the name of the column.\n","\n","\u003e NOTE: When slicing in pandas, the start bound is included in the output.\n","\n","So if you want to select rows 0, 1, and 2 your code would look like this: df.iloc[0:3].\n","\n","It means you are telling Python to start at index 0 and select rows 0, 1, 2 up to but not including 3.\n","\n","\u003e NOTE: Labels must be found in the DataFrame or you will get a KeyError.\n","\n","Indexing by labels(i.e. using \u003ccode\u003eloc()\u003c/code\u003e) differs from indexing by integers (i.e. using \u003ccode\u003eiloc()\u003c/code\u003e). With \u003ccode\u003eloc()\u003c/code\u003e, both the start bound and the stop bound are inclusive. When using \u003ccode\u003eloc()\u003c/code\u003e, integers can be used, but the integers refer to the index label and not the position. \n","\n","For example, using \u003ccode\u003eloc()\u003c/code\u003e and select 1:4 will get a different result than using \u003ccode\u003eiloc()\u003c/code\u003e to select rows 1:4.\n","\n","\u003ch4 id=\"data\"\u003eWe can also select a specific data value using a row and column location within the DataFrame and iloc indexing.\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"410a5bc2-4187-42be-b5e8-450b8854ed06","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["# let us do the slicing using old dataframe df\n\ndf.iloc[0:2, 0:3]"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"6f3d60f2-7e83-428a-8137-abba49f3e7f1","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#let us do the slicing using loc() function on old dataframe df where index column is having labels as 0,1,2\ndf.loc[0:2,'ID':'Department']"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"143f02f5-e705-44ae-b4e3-9c42a410b6d4","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["#let us do the slicing using loc() function on new dataframe df2 where index column is Name having labels: Rose, John and Jane\ndf2.loc['Rose':'Jane', 'ID':'Department']"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"04e3bb58-3341-4717-9506-ee356c026c61","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003ch2 id=\"quiz\"\u003eTry it yourself\u003c/h2\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"08d56609-98c0-4497-9184-540a0f6ca856","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["using \u003ccode\u003eloc()\u003c/code\u003e function, do slicing on old dataframe df to retrieve the Name, ID and department of index column having labels as 2,3\n","\n"]},{"cell_type":"code","id":"1b51552e-eeac-4414-8a70-479ee9759c9b","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["# Write your code below and press Shift+Enter to execute\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"e7792298-9f82-4a70-9994-3fed52867045","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eClick here for the solution\u003c/summary\u003e\n","\n","```python\n","df.loc[2:3,'Name':'Department']\n","    \n","```\n","\n","\u003c/details\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"e0b4b98a-6cfe-45bf-8875-c7d402a37b78","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["\u003ch3 id=\"quiz\"\u003eCongratulations, you have completed this lesson and the practice lab on Pandas\u003c/h3\u003e\n"]},{"cell_type":"markdown","id":"d2538af8-44e3-4909-9176-1ecb36ff2ba7","metadata":{},"outputs":[],"source":["## Author(s):\n","\n","[Appalabhaktula Hema](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hema-a-39002b128/?utm_medium=Exinfluencer\u0026utm_source=Exinfluencer\u0026utm_content=000026UJ\u0026utm_term=10006555\u0026utm_id=NA-SkillsNetwork-Channel-SkillsNetworkCoursesIBMDeveloperSkillsNetworkPY0101ENSkillsNetwork1005-2023-01-01)\n","\n","## Change Log\n","\n","| Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | Version | Changed By          | Change Description                 |\n","| ----------------- | ------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------- |\n","| 2022-03-31        | 0.1     | Appalabhaktula Hema | Created initial version            |\n","\n","\u003chr/\u003e\n","\n","## \u003ch3 align=\"center\"\u003e © IBM Corporation 2022. 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