Python For Data Science Cheat Sheet
Python Basics
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Lists
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Also see NumPy Arrays
a = 'is'
b = 'nice'
my_list = ['my', 'list', a, b]
my_list2 = [[4,5,6,7], [3,4,5,6]]
Selecting List Elements
Variables and Data Types
Subset
Variable Assignment
>>> x=5
>>> x
5
>>> my_list[1]
>>> my_list[-3]
Select item at index 1
Select 3rd last item
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Select items at index 1 and 2
Select items after index 0
Select items before index 3
Copy my_list
Slice
Calculations With Variables
>>> x+2
Sum of two variables
>>> x-2
Subtraction of two variables
>>> x*2
Multiplication of two variables
>>> x**2
Exponentiation of a variable
>>> x%2
Remainder of a variable
>>> x/float(2)
Division of a variable
10
25
1
Index starts at 0
2.5
my_list[1:3]
my_list[1:]
my_list[:3]
my_list[:]
Subset Lists of Lists
>>> my_list2[1][0]
>>> my_list2[1][:2]
my_list[list][itemOfList]
str()
'5', '3.45', 'True'
Variables to strings
int()
5, 3, 1
Variables to integers
>>> my_list + my_list
['my', 'list', 'is', 'nice', 'my', 'list', 'is', 'nice']
>>> my_list * 2
['my', 'list', 'is', 'nice', 'my', 'list', 'is', 'nice']
>>> my_list2 > 4
float()
5.0, 1.0
Variables to floats
bool()
True, True, True
Variables to booleans
Asking For Help
>>> help(str)
my_list.index(a)
my_list.count(a)
my_list.append('!')
my_list.remove('!')
del(my_list[0:1])
my_list.reverse()
my_list.extend('!')
my_list.pop(-1)
my_list.insert(0,'!')
my_list.sort()
'thisStringIsAwesome'
String Operations
>>> my_string * 2
'thisStringIsAwesomethisStringIsAwesome'
>>> my_string + 'Innit'
'thisStringIsAwesomeInnit'
>>> 'm' in my_string
True
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Numpy Arrays
Also see Lists
Selecting Numpy Array Elements
Subset
>>> my_array[1]
Get the index of an item
Count an item
Append an item at a time
Remove an item
Remove an item
Reverse the list
Append an item
Remove an item
Insert an item
Sort the list
Index starts at 0
Select item at index 1
Slice
>>> my_array[0:2]
Select items at index 0 and 1
array([1, 2])
Subset 2D Numpy arrays
>>> my_2darray[:,0]
my_2darray[rows, columns]
array([1, 4])
Numpy Array Operations
>>> my_array > 3
array([False, False, False,
>>> my_array * 2
True], dtype=bool)
array([2, 4, 6, 8])
>>> my_array + np.array([5, 6, 7, 8])
array([6, 8, 10, 12])
Strings
>>> my_string = 'thisStringIsAwesome'
>>> my_string
Data analysis
Install Python
List Methods
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Import libraries
>>> import numpy
>>> import numpy as np
Selective import
>>> from math import pi
>>> my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4]
>>> my_array = np.array(my_list)
>>> my_2darray = np.array([[1,2,3],[4,5,6]])
List Operations
True
Types and Type Conversion
Libraries
String Operations
Index starts at 0
>>> my_string[3]
>>> my_string[4:9]
String Methods
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String to uppercase
my_string.upper()
String to lowercase
my_string.lower()
Count String elements
my_string.count('w')
my_string.replace('e', 'i') Replace String elements
my_string.strip()
Strip whitespace from ends
Numpy Array Functions
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my_array.shape
np.append(other_array)
np.insert(my_array, 1, 5)
np.delete(my_array,[1])
np.mean(my_array)
np.median(my_array)
my_array.corrcoef()
np.std(my_array)
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Get the dimensions of the array
Append items to an array
Insert items in an array
Delete items in an array
Mean of the array
Median of the array
Correlation coefficient
Standard deviation
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