07_14.01.py

# Section 7.14.1 snippets

# Creating a Series with Default Indices
import pandas as pd

grades = pd.Series([87, 100, 94])

# Displaying a Series
grades

# Creating a Series with All Elements Having the Same Value
pd.Series(98.6, range(3))

# Accessing a Series’ Elements
grades[0]

# Producing Descriptive Statistics for a Series
grades.count()

grades.mean()

grades.min()

grades.max()

grades.std()

grades.describe()

# Creating a Series with Custom Indices
grades = pd.Series([87, 100, 94], index=['Wally', 'Eva', 'Sam'])

grades

# Dictionary Initializers
grades = pd.Series({'Wally': 87, 'Eva': 100, 'Sam': 94})

grades

# Accessing a Series’ Elements Via Custom Indices
grades['Eva']

grades.Wally

grades.dtype

grades.values

# Creating a Series of Strings 
hardware = pd.Series(['Hammer', 'Saw', 'Wrench'])

hardware

hardware.str.contains('a')

hardware.str.upper()


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