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Mastering Data Analysis with Python Pandas

Slicing and Indexing on Strings

Understand how to use string indexing and slicing with Pandas in Python. Learn to access individual characters, extract substrings, and use flexible slicing techniques to manipulate text data effectively.

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How to use indexes on strings

In this chapter, we’ll use a different dataset called staff.csv. Let’s begin by creating a DataFrame by reading the file.

staff.csv
Python 3.8
import pandas as pd
staff = pd.read_csv("staff.csv")
print(f"\nStaff data frame has the following columns: \n{list(staff.columns)}\n")
print(staff)

Textual data is an important component of data science. Some areas require working with textual data excessively, such as natural language processing (NLP). The Pandas library provides several functions and ...