Move from Excel to Python with Pandas Transcripts
Chapter: Intro to Pandas
Lecture: Understanding initial data introduction
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before we read an Excel file into pandas.
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I want to walk through the file will be using and talk a little bit
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about how you would review this file if it was the first time you were looking
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at it in this simple file,
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you can see it. There's only one tab you can count,
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how many columns you have, and then,
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if you want to see how many rows,
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so it gives you a basic idea of the data.
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But most Excel users just kind of look at the file.
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Don't look at the data in a whole lot of detail, will start to do the
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analysis right away and this contrast with the way you would do things in Panda's,
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where you would use some commands to understand the data in a little bit more detail before you start to do analysis.