Replace missing white spaces in a string with the least frequent character using Pandas Last Updated : 17 Apr, 2023 Comments Improve Suggest changes 1 Likes Like Report Let's create a program in python which will replace the white spaces in a string with the character that occurs in the string very least using the Pandas library. Example 1: String S = "akash loves gfg" here: 'g' comes: 2 times 's' comes: 2 times 'a' comes: 2 times 'h' comes: 1 time 'o' comes: 1 time 'k' comes: 1 time 'v' comes: 1 time 'e' comes: 1 time 'f' comes: 1 time 'l' comes: 1 time In this example, there are 7 characters with least frequency 1 so, there can be 7 valid outputs One of the possible output is given below: So, the Output String will be: "akashlloveslgfg". Example 2: string ="goodd noon" here: g comes: 1 time o comes: 4 times d comes: 2 times n comes: 2 times So the character with the least frequency 1 is g So here white spaces will be replaced by the character g and the output will be: "gooddgnoon" Now, Let's see the implementation: Python3 # importing pandas library import pandas as pd # taking string with white spaces newstr1 = 'akash loves gfg' # printing the original string print("Original String given by user:", newstr1) # converting string into # list of characters ser = pd.Series(list(newstr1)) # counting the frequency # of characters element_freq = ser.value_counts() # printing character and their # respective frequency print(element_freq) current_freq = element_freq.dropna().index[-1] # function element_freq.dropna() # will Return a new Series with # missing values removed result = "".join(ser.replace(' ', current_freq)) print(result) Output: The overall time complexity is O(n log n). The auxiliary space complexity is O(n), where n is the length of the input string. Create Quiz Comment A akashkumar17 Follow 1 Improve A akashkumar17 Follow 1 Improve Article Tags : Python Python-pandas Python Pandas-exercise Explore Python FundamentalsPython Introduction 2 min read Input and Output in Python 4 min read Python Variables 4 min read Python Operators 4 min read Python Keywords 2 min read Python Data Types 8 min read Conditional Statements in Python 3 min read Loops in Python - For, While and Nested Loops 5 min read Python Functions 5 min read Recursion in Python 4 min read Python Lambda Functions 5 min read Python Data StructuresPython String 5 min read Python Lists 4 min read Python Tuples 4 min read Python Dictionary 3 min read Python Sets 6 min read Python Arrays 7 min read List Comprehension in Python 4 min read Advanced PythonPython OOP Concepts 11 min read Python Exception Handling 5 min read File Handling in Python 4 min read Python Database Tutorial 4 min read Python MongoDB Tutorial 3 min read Python MySQL 9 min read Python Packages 10 min read Python Modules 3 min read Python DSA Libraries 15 min read List of Python GUI Library and Packages 3 min read Data Science with PythonNumPy Tutorial - Python Library 3 min read Pandas Tutorial 4 min read Matplotlib Tutorial 5 min read Python Seaborn Tutorial 3 min read StatsModel Library - Tutorial 3 min read Learning Model Building in Scikit-learn 6 min read TensorFlow Tutorial 2 min read PyTorch Tutorial 6 min read Web Development with PythonFlask Tutorial 8 min read Django Tutorial | Learn Django Framework 7 min read Django ORM - Inserting, Updating & Deleting Data 4 min read Templating With Jinja2 in Flask 6 min read Django Templates 5 min read Build a REST API using Flask - Python 3 min read Building a Simple API with Django REST Framework 3 min read Python PracticePython Quiz 1 min read Python Coding Practice 1 min read Python Interview Questions and Answers 15+ min read Like