Core pandas · Lesson 5 of 10
Summary functions and maps
Describing and transforming
pandas has built in functions to summarize data fast.
describe()gives count, mean, min, max and moremean(),max(),min(),sum()work on a columnvalue_counts()shows how often each value appears
To transform a column, do math on it directly, or create a new column from a calculation.
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Exercise
Exercise — check your understanding
The temps DataFrame holds daily temperatures. Compute the average of the celsius column and store it in avg.
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