Introducing Pandas Library in Python: Advantages of data analysis

作者：禅与计算机程序设计艺术

1.简介

Pandas is a popular open-source data analysis library written for the Python programming language that offers fast, flexible, and easy to use data structures for handling and manipulating datasets. In this article, we will introduce you to Pandas by exploring its advantages over traditional CSV files format, reading and writing data from different file types such as Excel or SQL databases, and dealing with missing values using various methods available within the library.
We assume readers have basic knowledge of Python programming language concepts like variables, loops, functions, object-oriented programming, etc. You should also be familiar with common computer science concepts like arrays, lists, dictionaries, and sets.
This tutorial assumes readers are comfortable with installing libraries on their local machine and running Python scripts. If not, please refer to your preferred Python documentation for ins