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Pandas- Series

• Series is a one-dimensional labeled array capable of


holding data of any type (integer, string, float, python
objects).The axis labels are collectively called index.

A pandas Series can be created using the following


constructor −
• pandas.Series( data, index, dtype, copy)
Creating Series

• ndArray
• Dict
• Scalar value or constant
Create a Series from ndarray

• If data is an ndarray, then index passed must be of the


same length.

• Creating a simple series

data = np.array(['a','b','c','d'])
s = pd.Series(data)
print s

• We did not pass any index, so by default, it assigned the


indexes ranging from 0 to len(data)-1, i.e., 0 to 3.
Example 2

Lets pass the index values here. Now we can see the
customized indexed values in the output.

#import the pandas library and aliasing as pd import


import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
data = np.array(['a','b','c','d’])

s = pd.Series(data,index=[100,101,102,103])
print s
Create a Series from dict
• A dictionery can be passed as input and if no index is
specified, then the dictionary keys are taken in a
sorted order to construct index. If index is passed, the
values in data corresponding to the labels in the index
will be pulled out.

data = {'a' : 0., 'b' : 1., 'c' : 2.}


s = pd.Series(data)
print s
Example 2

data = {'a' : 0., 'b' : 1., 'c' : 2.}


s = pd.Series(data,index=['b','c','d','a'])
print s
Create a Series from Scalar
• If data is a scalar value, an index must be provided.
The value will be repeated to match the length
of index.

s = pd.Series(5, index=[0, 1, 2, 3])


print s
Accessing Data from Series with Position

• Data in the series can be accessed similar to that in


an ndarray.
Example 1
• Retrieve the first element. As we already know, the
counting starts from zero for the array, which means the
first element is stored at zeroth position and so on.

s = pd.Series([1,2,3,4,5],index = ['a','b','c','d','e'])
#retrieve the first element
print s[0]

Its output is as follows − 1


Retrieve Data Using Label (Index)
• A Series is like a fixed-size dict in that you can get and
set values by index label.

• Retrieve multiple elements using a list of index label


values.

s = pd.Series([1,2,3,4,5],index = ['a','b','c','d','e'])
#retrieve multiple elements
print s[['a','c','d']]

Its output is as follows −


a1
c3
d4
dtype: int64
QUIZ

• How to create series from Numpy array?


• How to create series using dict?
• How to create series using scaler?
• How to Accessing Data from Series with
Position?
• How to Retrieve Data Using Label ?

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