Python Data Analysis Library¶
pandas is an open source, BSD-licensed library providing high-performance, easy-to-use data structures and data analysis tools for the Python programming language.
pandas is a NUMFocus sponsored project. This will help ensure the success of development of pandas as a world-class open-source project.
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0.19.2 Final (December 24, 2016)¶
This is a minor bug-fix release in the 0.19.x series and includes some small regression fixes, bug fixes and performance improvements.
Highlights include:
- Compatibility with Python 3.6
- Added a Pandas Cheat Sheet.
See the v0.19.2 Whatsnew page for an overview of all bugs that have been fixed in 0.19.2.
0.19.1 Final (November 3, 2016)¶
This is a minor bug-fix release from 0.19.0 and includes some small regression fixes, bug fixes and performance improvements.
See the v0.19.1 Whatsnew page for an overview of all bugs that have been fixed in 0.19.1.
0.19.0 Final (October 2, 2016)¶
This is a major release from 0.18.1 and includes number of API changes, several new features, enhancements, and performance improvements along with a large number of bug fixes. We recommend that all users upgrade to this version.
Highlights include:
merge_asof()
for asof-style time-series joining, see here.rolling()
is now time-series aware, see hereread_csv()
now supports parsingCategorical
data, see here- A function
union_categorical()
has been added for combining categoricals, see here PeriodIndex
now has its ownperiod
dtype, and changed to be more consistent with otherIndex
classes. See here- Sparse data structures gained enhanced support of
int
andbool
dtypes, see here - Comparison operations with
Series
no longer ignores the index, see here for an overview of the API changes. - Introduction of a pandas development API for utility functions, see here.
- Deprecation of
Panel4D
andPanelND
. We recommend to represent these types of n-dimensional data with the xarray package. - Removal of the previously deprecated modules
pandas.io.data
,pandas.io.wb
,pandas.tools.rplot
.
See the Whatsnew overview for an extensive list of all enhancements and bugs that have been fixed in 0.19.0. Please report any issues here
Best way to Install¶
Best way to get pandas is to install via conda
Builds for osx-64,linux-64,linux-32,win-64,win-32
for Python 2.7, Python 3.4, and Python 3.5
are all available.
conda install pandas
Quick vignette¶
10-minute tour of pandas from Wes McKinney on Vimeo.
What problem does pandas solve?¶
Python has long been great for data munging and preparation, but less so for data analysis and modeling. pandas helps fill this gap, enabling you to carry out your entire data analysis workflow in Python without having to switch to a more domain specific language like R.
Combined with the excellent IPython toolkit and other libraries, the environment for doing data analysis in Python excels in performance, productivity, and the ability to collaborate.
pandas does not implement significant modeling functionality outside of linear and panel regression; for this, look to statsmodels and scikit-learn. More work is still needed to make Python a first class statistical modeling environment, but we are well on our way toward that goal.
What do our users have to say?¶
“We use pandas to process time series data on our production servers. The simplicity and elegance of its API, and its high level of performance for high-volume datasets, made it a perfect choice for us.”
Library Highlights¶
- A fast and efficient DataFrame object for data manipulation with integrated indexing;
- Tools for reading and writing data between in-memory data structures and different formats: CSV and text files, Microsoft Excel, SQL databases, and the fast HDF5 format;
- Intelligent data alignment and integrated handling of missing data: gain automatic label-based alignment in computations and easily manipulate messy data into an orderly form;
- Flexible reshaping and pivoting of data sets;
- Intelligent label-based slicing, fancy indexing, and subsetting of large data sets;
- Columns can be inserted and deleted from data structures for size mutability;
- Aggregating or transforming data with a powerful group by engine allowing split-apply-combine operations on data sets;
- High performance merging and joining of data sets;
- Hierarchical axis indexing provides an intuitive way of working with high-dimensional data in a lower-dimensional data structure;
- Time series-functionality: date range generation and frequency conversion, moving window statistics, moving window linear regressions, date shifting and lagging. Even create domain-specific time offsets and join time series without losing data;
- Highly optimized for performance, with critical code paths written in Cython or C.
- Python with pandas is in use in a wide variety of academic and commercial domains, including Finance, Neuroscience, Economics, Statistics, Advertising, Web Analytics, and more.
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