In this article, I will create a dataset from scratch using Pandas, but referencing the values of other cells while filling the dataset.
I created this dataset from scratch using Pandas
One of the missing features of Pandas is creating similar functions as Excel. Excel is a great tool when we have to deal with a limited amount of information manually. One of the most intuitive features of this spreadsheet are functions.
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In regards to Pandas, one of the most uncomfortable reasons why people struggle to appreciate it from the beginning is that editing data inside the dataset is really challenging. What if I want to create a dataset from scratch and I need to use functions that take info from previous rows and columns?
Excel Version
Using Excel Formulas
We obtain the following dataset:
10 rows of the dataset
Pandas Version
We could save this file as a .csv, however, the purpose of this article is to replicate the same procedure with pandas. I am going to create a dataset from scratch using these relative functions.
Creating the first row
I will be using a for the statement to create the rest of the rows. Like in Excel, the first row should not contain any function, but only data. I am just going to create an empty row to set the columns of the dataset.
import pandas as pd
df = [0, 0, 0]
df = pd.DataFrame(df).transpose()
df.columns = ['A', 'B', 'C']
df
empty dataset
Setting values
I could have done this before, but I prefer to proceed one step at a time.
df['A'][0] = 100
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