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Pandas Vs SQL

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Data Engineering 101

Pandas vs
SQL

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Select all rows

Pandas

df

SQL

SELECT * FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Select specific
columns

Pandas

df[['col1', 'col2']]

SQL

SELECT col1, col2


FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Filter rows based on a


condition

Pandas

df[df['col1'] > 5]

SQL

SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE col1 > 5;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Filter rows based on


multiple conditions

Pandas

df[(df['col1'] > 5) & (df['col2'] < 10)]

SQL

SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE col1 > 5 AND
col2 < 10;
Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Group by a column
and count

Pandas

df.groupby('col1').size()

SQL

SELECT col1, COUNT(*)


FROM table
GROUP BY col1;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Group by a column
and sum another
column
Pandas

df.groupby('col1')['col2'].sum()

SQL

SELECT col1, SUM(col2)


FROM table
GROUP BY col1;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Order by a column

Pandas

df.sort_values(by='col1')

SQL

SELECT *
FROM table
ORDER BY col1;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Order by a column
descending

Pandas

df.sort_values(by='col1',
ascending=False)

SQL

SELECT * FROM table


ORDER BY col1 DESC;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Join two tables

Pandas

pd.merge(df1, df2, on='id')

SQL

SELECT * FROM table1


JOIN table2
ON table1.id = table2.id;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Left join two tables

Pandas

pd.merge(df1, df2, on='id', how='left')

SQL

SELECT * FROM table1


LEFT JOIN table2
ON table1.id = table2.id;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Right join two tables

Pandas

pd.merge(df1, df2, on='id', how='right')

SQL

SELECT * FROM table1


RIGHT JOIN table2
ON table1.id = table2.id;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Full outer join two


tables

Pandas

pd.merge(df1, df2, on='id', how='outer')

SQL

SELECT * FROM table1


FULL OUTER JOIN table2
ON table1.id = table2.id;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Calculate the average


of a column

Pandas

df['col1'].mean()

SQL

SELECT AVG(col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Calculate the sum of a


column

Pandas

df['col1'].sum()

SQL

SELECT SUM(col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Calculate the
maximum of a column

Pandas

df['col1'].max()

SQL

SELECT MAX(col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Calculate the
minimum of a column

Pandas

df['col1'].min()

SQL

SELECT MIN(col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Count distinct values


in a column

Pandas

df['col1'].nunique()

SQL

SELECT
COUNT(DISTINCT col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Rename a column

Pandas

df.rename(columns=
{'old_name': 'new_name'})

SQL

ALTER TABLE table


RENAME COLUMN
old_name TO new_name;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Add a new column

Pandas

df['new_col'] = value

SQL

ALTER TABLE table


ADD COLUMN new_col INT;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Drop a column

Pandas

df.drop(columns=['col1'])

SQL

ALTER TABLE table


DROP COLUMN col1;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Replace null values

Pandas

df['col1'].fillna(0)

SQL

SELECT
COALESCE(col1, 0)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Calculate the
difference between
two columns
Pandas

df['col1'] - df['col2']

SQL

SELECT col1 - col2


FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Concatenate two
columns

Pandas

df['col1'] + df['col2']

SQL

SELECT CONCAT(col1, col2)


FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Extract year from date

Pandas

df['date_col'].dt.year

SQL

SELECT YEAR(date_col)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Extract month from


date

Pandas

df['date_col'].dt.month

SQL

SELECT
MONTH(date_col) FROM
table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Extract day from date

Pandas

df['date_col'].dt.day

SQL

SELECT DAY(date_col)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Filter rows based on


string matching

Pandas

df[df['col1'].str.contains('pattern')]

SQL

SELECT * FROM table


WHERE col1 LIKE '%pattern%';

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Aggregate functions
with group by

Pandas

df.groupby('col1')['col2'].mean()

SQL

SELECT col1, AVG(col2)


FROM table
GROUP BY col1;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Pivot table

Pandas

df.pivot_table(values='col1',
index='col2', columns='val1')

SQL

SELECT * FROM table


PIVOT (SUM(col1)
FOR col2 IN (val1, val2));

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Unpivot table

Pandas

df.melt(id_vars=['id'],
value_vars=['col1', 'col2'])

SQL

SELECT col1, col2


FROM table
UNPIVOT (col FOR val
IN (col1, col2));
Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Calculate cumulative
sum

Pandas

df['col2'].cumsum()

SQL

SELECT col1, SUM(col2)


OVER (ORDER BY col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Calculate moving
average

Pandas

df['col2'].rolling(window=3).mean()

SQL

SELECT col1, AVG(col2) OVER


(ORDER BY col1 ROWS
BETWEEN 2 PRECEDING
AND CURRENT ROW)
FROM table;
Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Find the row with


maximum value in a
column
Pandas

df.loc[df['col1'].idxmax()]

SQL

SELECT * FROM table


ORDER BY col1 DESC
LIMIT 1;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Find the row with


minimum value in a
column
Pandas

df.loc[df['col1'].idxmin()]

SQL

SELECT * FROM table


ORDER BY col1 ASC LIMIT 1;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Drop duplicate rows

Pandas

df.drop_duplicates()

SQL

DELETE FROM table WHERE rowid


NOT IN (SELECT MIN(rowid)
FROM table GROUP BY col1, col2);

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Calculate the length


of a string

Pandas

df['col1'].str.len()

SQL

SELECT LENGTH(col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Convert string to
uppercase

Pandas

df['col1'].str.upper()

SQL

SELECT UPPER(col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Convert string to
lowercase

Pandas

df['col1'].str.lower()

SQL

SELECT LOWER(col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Strip whitespace from


string

Pandas

df['col1'].str.strip()

SQL

SELECT TRIM(col1)
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Replace a substring

Pandas

df['col1'].str.replace('old',
'new')

SQL

SELECT REPLACE(col1,
'old', 'new')
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Check for null values

Pandas

df[df['col1'].isnull()]

SQL

SELECT * FROM table


WHERE col1 IS NULL;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Check for non-null


values

Pandas

df[df['col1'].notnull()]

SQL

SELECT * FROM table


WHERE col1 IS NOT
NULL;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Conditional column
based on other
columns
Pandas

df['col3'] =
df['col2'].apply(lambda x:
'High' if x > 10 else 'Low')

SQL

SELECT col1, CASE


WHEN col2 > 10 THEN
'High' ELSE 'Low' END AS
col3 FROM table;
Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Drop rows with null


values

Pandas

df.dropna()

SQL

DELETE FROM table


WHERE col1 IS NULL;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Create new column


from existing columns

Pandas

df['col3'] = df['col1'] +
df['col2']

SQL

SELECT col1, col2, (col1


+ col2) AS col3
FROM table;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Calculate percentage
of a column

Pandas

df['percentage'] =
df['col1'] /
df['col1'].sum() * 100

SQL

SELECT col1, (col1 /


SUM(col1) OVER()) * 100
AS percentage
FROM table;
Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Insert a new row

Pandas

df.loc[len(df)] = [val1, val2]

SQL

INSERT INTO table (col1, col2)


VALUES (val1, val2);

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com
Data Engineering 101: SQL vs Pandas

Update a row

Pandas

df.loc[df['col2'] == val2, 'col1'] = val1

SQL

UPDATE table
SET col1 = val1 WHERE
col2 = val2;

Shwetank Singh
GritSetGrow - GSGLearn.com

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