Numpy and Pandas Cheat Sheet Array / Series functions Accessing Data in a DataFrame

max() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum df[’col’] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Get column by name

min() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minumum df.iloc[i] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Get row by position
Common Imports df.loc[x] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Get row by index
mean(). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mean (average)
import numpy as np df.iloc[i, j] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Get element by position
median() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median
import pandas ps pd df.loc[x, y] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Get element by index
sum(). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sum (total) df.values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Get 2D NumPy array
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
Accessing Data in a Series DataFrame Summarization
s.iloc[i] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Get element by position df.describe() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stats about each column
Vectorized Operations
s.loc[x] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Get element by index df.head(n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First n rows
xs + ys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Element-wise addition
s.values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Get NumPy array df.tail(n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Last n rows
xs + z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a scalar df.columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . List of column names
xs & ys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bitwise (boolean) and
xs | ys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bitwise (boolean) or Plotting for Series
xs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bitwise (boolean) not s.hist() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Histogram Axis Argument
df.mean(axis=0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mean of each column
xs < ys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Less than s.plot(). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Line plot
df.mean(axis=1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mean of each row
df.mean(axis=’index’) . . . . . . . . mean of each column
Subtraction (-), multiplication (*), division (/), expo- df.mean(axis=’columns’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )
nentiation (**), and other comparison operators (<=, Apply Functions
s.apply(value -> value) . . . . . . . . . . . returns a Series mean of each row
>, >=, ==, !=) work similarly.
df.applymap(value -> value) . returns a DataFrame
df.apply(series -> value) . . . . . . . . . returns a Series Plotting for DataFrames
matplotlib plotting df.apply(series -> series). . .returns a DataFrame df.plot() . . . . . . . . . Line plot with one line per column
plt.hist(xs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Histogram
plt.scatter(xs, ys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scatterplot
plt.plot(xs, ys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Line plot