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Series Functions

The document explains how to retrieve values from a pandas Series using methods such as head() and tail(). The head() method fetches the first n elements, while the tail() method retrieves the last n elements, with both defaulting to the top or bottom 5 rows if no value is specified. Additionally, the count() method is discussed, which returns the number of non-NaN values in a Series.

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Series Functions

The document explains how to retrieve values from a pandas Series using methods such as head() and tail(). The head() method fetches the first n elements, while the tail() method retrieves the last n elements, with both defaulting to the top or bottom 5 rows if no value is specified. Additionally, the count() method is discussed, which returns the number of non-NaN values in a Series.

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In [ ]: Retrieving values from a Series using Methods of Series

The technical difference between Series attributes


and methods is that methods always end with parenthesis

In [ ]: 1-head(n)-This method or function fetched first n elements


from a pandas series.it gives us the top 5 rows of data of
the series if no value for n is specified.

In [1]: import pandas as pd


S=pd.Series(range(100,10,-10))
S

Out[1]: 0 100
1 90
2 80
3 70
4 60
5 50
6 40
7 30
8 20
dtype: int64

In [2]: #Find the output of the following based on the above Series
S.head()

Out[2]: 0 100
1 90
2 80
3 70
4 60
dtype: int64

In [3]: S.head(3)

Out[3]: 0 100
1 90
2 80
dtype: int64

In [4]: S.head(-3)
#Note when we pass -ve value in the head function
#it removes specified number of elements from bottom

Out[4]: 0 100
1 90
2 80
3 70
4 60
5 50
dtype: int64

In [5]: S.head(1:)
#We can not specify range of values in head function.

Cell In[5], line 1


S.head(1:)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

In [ ]: 2-tail(n)-This method or function fetched last n elements


from a pandas series.it gives us the last 5 rows of data of
the series if no value for n is specified.

In [6]: import pandas as pd


S=pd.Series(range(100,10,-10))
S

Out[6]: 0 100
1 90
2 80
3 70
4 60
5 50
6 40
7 30
8 20
dtype: int64

In [7]: S.tail(4)

Out[7]: 5 50
6 40
7 30
8 20
dtype: int64

In [8]: S.tail(-4)
#Note that with -ve value it removes 1st 4 values.

Out[8]: 4 60
5 50
6 40
7 30
8 20
dtype: int64

In [9]: S.tail(1:)
#Note that with -ve argument tail function we can not
#extract values

Cell In[9], line 1


S.tail(1:)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

In [ ]: 3-count()-This function or method returns the number of


non-NaN values of a given series.

In [12]: import pandas as pd


import numpy as np
st=pd.Series([x for x in[12,'12',np.nan,56.5]])
print('Printing Series st\n',st)
print('Total number of non-nan values\n',st.count())
#Note that dtype is object as 12 is enclosed with in quotes

Printing Series st
0 12
1 12
2 NaN
3 56.5
dtype: object
Total number of non-nan values
3

In [15]: #use of count with a Series with no nan values


import pandas as pd
S=pd.Series([11,12,13])
print('Total number of elements in series\n',S.count())

Total number of elements in series


3

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