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Useful Functions in Python and Associated Libraries: Library Importation

This document provides an overview of useful functions in Python and common libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib. It summarizes functions for importing libraries, basic Python operations, defining functions and loops, conditionals, data types and operations, reading and manipulating dataframes, creating and manipulating arrays and matrices, and plotting vector fields. Key functions covered include len(), print(), round(), import, define, while, for, if/elif/else, ==, and, or, read_excel, iloc, zeros, cross, dot, eye, fill, and quiver.

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Useful Functions in Python and Associated Libraries: Library Importation

This document provides an overview of useful functions in Python and common libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib. It summarizes functions for importing libraries, basic Python operations, defining functions and loops, conditionals, data types and operations, reading and manipulating dataframes, creating and manipulating arrays and matrices, and plotting vector fields. Key functions covered include len(), print(), round(), import, define, while, for, if/elif/else, ==, and, or, read_excel, iloc, zeros, cross, dot, eye, fill, and quiver.

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Useful functions in Python and associated libraries

LIBRARY IMPORTATION
import sys
import math
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

PLAIN PYTHON
number=len(array) Length of an array
number=len(data_frame.index) Number of lines of a dataframe (from pandas)
print(‘\n’) Prints a line-break
print(‘Some text followed by numeric Prints some text (between ‘ ‘ ) and the desired
variables:’,variables) variable
round(number,N) Rounds a float number with N decimals

float(input(‘some text’)) Realizes a user-input in the form of a decimal


number

PYTHON FORMALISM
def function_name(arg1,arg2):
Create a function named “function_name” which
some code takes 2 arguments (arg1 and arg2) and return
return something “something”

while comparison: Create a “while” loop that will execute the code
some code within it until the “comparison” is False

for i in range(number): Create a “for” (numbered) loop which will run a


“number” of times. The variable “i” takes the values
some code
of 0 until number-1
if comparison:
some code
elif comparison2:
If / else if / else comparison scheme
more code
else:
final code
Comparison → == / != / <= / >= Equality, inequality (not equal to) etc.
Compound comparison → and / or Comp1 and Comp2 / Comp1 or Comp2

PANDAS
data_frame=pd.read_excel(io=’file_name’,sheet_name Read an Excel file, at page “sheet_name”, and store
=’sheet_name’) it into a dataframe

data_frame.index Dataframe index → return number of lines

Gives the data contained at position {i,j}


data_frame.iloc[i,j]
!!! Indexes begin at 0,0 in Python !!!

data_frame.iloc[:,j] Gives the data of all lines and column j

NUMPY
vector=np.zeros(N) / vector=np.zeros([N]) Creates a line vector of N components
matrix=np.zeros([N,M]) Creates a matrix of N by M components
tensor=np.zeros([k,N,M]) Creates a 3rd order tensor of kxNxM
vector=np.cross(vecA,vecB) Realizes the cross products between 2 vectors
Gives the data contained at position {i,j}
q[i,j]
!!! Indexes begin at 0,0 in Python !!!

q[:,j] Gives the data of all lines and column j

np.round(vec,n) Rounds all values within vector/matrix (n decimals)


np.linalg.det(matrix) Calculates the determinant of a matrix
np.linalg.inv(matrix) Calculates the inverse of a matrix

np.linalg.inv(matrix).dot(vector) Calculates the dot product between a matrix and a


vector
np.eye(N) Creates a N by N identity matrix

MATPLOTLIB
plt.fill(vecA,vecB,fill=False) Prints closed curve plot from 2 vectors
plt.quiver(xcoord_vec,ycoord_vec,Ex_vec,Ey_vec,angles Prints a vector field (Ex,Ey), with the vector centres
=’xy’,scale_units=’xy’,scale=number) at (xcoord,ycoord) and scale “number”

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