Data Science – Pandas - Series

Contents
1. Series................................................................................................................................................... 2
2. Creating Series .................................................................................................................................... 2
2.1. Empty Series object...................................................................................................................... 3
2.2. Creating Series by using list ......................................................................................................... 4
2.3. Create a Series from array ........................................................................................................... 8
2.4. Creating Series by column from DataFrame .............................................................................. 12
3. Index in Series .................................................................................................................................. 13
3.1. What is index?............................................................................................................................ 13
3.2. Index default value..................................................................................................................... 13
4. Accessing values in Series ................................................................................................................ 18

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2. PANDAS – SERIES

1. Series

 The Pandas Series is a one-dimensional labeled array.

 Series can store same and different types of the data.
 Series stores data in sequential order.
 Series is like a, one column information.

Series is a pre-defined class

 Technically speaking Series is a pre-defined class in pandas library.

2. Creating Series

 We can create Series in different ways,

o Empty series
o By using list
o By using an array
o By accessing single column from DataFrame.

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2.1. Empty Series object

 We need to create object to Series pre-defined class.

Program creating empty Series object

Name demo1.py

import pandas as pd

s = pd.Series()
print(s)
print(type(s))

Output
Series([], dtype: float64)
<class 'pandas.core.series.Series'>

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2.2. Creating Series by using list

 We can create Series by using list.

Program creating Series object using list

Name demo2.py

import pandas as pd

m = [56, 45, 35, 41, 44, 60]

s = pd.Series(m)
print(s)

Output

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Program creating Series object using list, assigning a name

Name demo3.py

import pandas as pd

m = [56, 45, 35, 41, 44, 60]

s = pd.Series(m, name = "marks")
print(s)

Output

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Program creating Series object using list, assigning a name

Name demo4.py

import pandas as pd

n = ["Prasad", "Daniel", "Samuel", "Jeswanth"]

s = pd.Series(n, name = "students")
print(s)

Output

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Program creating Series object by using range and list.

Name demo5.py

import pandas as pd

r = range(100)
a = list(r)
s = pd.Series(a)

print(s)

Output

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2.3. Create a Series from array

 We can pass array as an argument to the Series.

 By default, index is assigned to every element.

Program creating ndarray

Name demo6.py

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

values = [10, 20, 30, 40]

data = np.array(values)

print(data)
print(type(data))

Output

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Program creating ndarray and passing argument to the Series

Name demo7.py

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

values = [10, 20, 30, 40]

data = np.array(values)

s = pd.Series(data)
print(s)

Output

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Program Creating Series using ndarray

Name demo8.py

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

values = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

data = np.array(values)

s = pd.Series(data)
print(s)

Output

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Program Creating Series using ndarray

Name demo9.py

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

values = ['Vinay', 'Daniel', 'Veeru', 'Arjun']

data = np.array(values)
s = pd.Series(data)
print(s)

Output

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2.4. Creating Series by column from DataFrame

 If we select single column from DataFrame then it returns Series object.

 This point we will learn during DataFrame chapter, thanks for
understanding.

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3. Index in Series

3.1. What is index?

 Index means, the position of value where it stores.

 The index is a core feature in pandas.
 By default, index is assigned to every value.
 From the output, the left most column is the index column.
 The generic name for an index is an axis.

3.2. Index default value

 The default values for an index are integers.

 The index starts from 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.
 Based on requirement we can customise this index
 These are called as axis labels

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Program Creating Series

Name demo10.py

import pandas as pd

v = [145, 142, 38, 13]

s = pd.Series(v)
print(s)

Output

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Program Creating Series object and giving name

Name demo11.py

import pandas as pd

v = [145, 142, 38, 13]

s = pd.Series(v, name = 'counts')
print(s)

Output

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Program Creating Series object and giving name and index

Name demo12.py

import pandas as pd

v = [145, 142, 38, 13]

i = [10, 20, 30, 40]

s = pd.Series(v, name = 'counts', index = i )

print(s)

Output

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Program Creating Series object and giving name and index

Name demo13.py

import pandas as pd

prices = [1000, 2000, 3000, 4000]

products = ["Nokia", "Samsung", "Oppo", "iPhone 6"]

s = pd.Series(prices, name = 'mobiles', index = products )

print(s)

Output

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4. Accessing values in Series

 We can access series values by using index

Program Creating Series and accessing values

Name demo14.py

import pandas as pd

v = [56, 45, 35, 41, 44, 60]

s = pd.Series(v, name = "marks")

print(s)
print()
print(s[0])
print(s[1])

Output

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Program Creating Series and accessing values

Name demo15.py

import pandas as pd

prices = [1000, 2000, 3000, 4000]

products = ["Nokia", "Samsung", "Oppo", "iPhone 6"]

s = pd.Series(prices, name = 'mobiles', index = products )

print(s)
print()
print(s["Nokia"])
print(s["Samsung"])

Output

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