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Python For Data Science >>> my_string = 'thisStringIsAwesome'

>>> my_string

>>>
>>>
a = 'is'

b = 'nice'

Basics Cheat Sheet

'thisStringIsAwesome' >>> my_list = ['my', 'list', a, b]

>>> my_list2 = [[4,5,6,7], [3,4,5,6]]

String Operations
Selecting List Elements Index starts at 0
Learn Python Basics online at www.DataCamp.com >>> my_string * 2

'thisStringIsAwesomethisStringIsAwesome'
Subset
>>> my_string + 'Innit'

'thisStringIsAwesomeInnit'
>>> my_list[1] #Select item at index 1

>>> 'm' in my_string

>>> my_list[-3] #Select 3rd last item
True Slice

> Variables and Data Types String Indexing Index starts at 0

>>>
>>>
>>>
my_list[1:3] #Select items at index 1 and 2

my_list[1:] #Select items after index 0

my_list[:3] #Select items before index 3

>>> my_list[:] #Copy my_list

Variable Assignment >>> my_string[3]

>>> my_string[4:9] Subset Lists of Lists

>>> my_list2[1][0] #my_list[list][itemOfList]

>>> x=5

>>> my_list2[1][:2]
>>> x

5
String Methods
>>> my_string.upper() #String to uppercase
List Operations
Calculations With Variables >>>
>>>
my_string.lower() #String to lowercase

my_string.count('w') #Count String elements

>>> my_list + my_list

>>> my_string.replace('e', 'i') #Replace String elements

['my', 'list', 'is', 'nice', 'my', 'list', 'is', 'nice']

>>> x+2 #Sum of two variables

>>> my_string.strip() #Strip whitespaces >>> my_list * 2

['my', 'list', 'is', 'nice', 'my', 'list', 'is', 'nice']

>>> x-2 #Subtraction of two variables

>>> my_list2 > 4

True
>>> x*2 #Multiplication of two variables

10

>>> x**2 #Exponentiation of a variable

25

> NumPy Arrays Also see Lists

List Methods
>>> x%2 #Remainder of a variable

>>> my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4]

1
>>> my_list.index(a) #Get the index of an item

>>> my_array = np.array(my_list)

>>> x/float(2) #Division of a variable

>>> my_list.count(a) #Count an item

>>> my_2darray = np.array([[1,2,3],[4,5,6]])

2.5 >>> my_list.append('!') #Append an item at a time

>>> my_list.remove('!') #Remove an item

Types and Type Conversion Selecting Numpy Array Elements Index starts at 0 >>>
>>>
del(my_list[0:1]) #Remove an item

my_list.reverse() #Reverse the list

>>> my_list.extend('!') #Append an item

Subset >>> my_list.pop(-1) #Remove an item

str()
>>> my_list.insert(0,'!') #Insert an item

'5', '3.45', 'True' #Variables to strings >>> my_array[1] #Select item at index 1
>>> my_list.sort() #Sort the list
2
int()
Slice
5, 3, 1 #Variables to integers
>>> my_array[0:2] #Select items at index 0 and 1

float()
5.0, 1.0 #Variables to floats
array([1, 2])

Subset 2D Numpy arrays

> Python IDEs (Integrated Development Environment)
bool() >>> my_2darray[:,0] #my_2darray[rows, columns]

array([1, 4])
True, True, True #Variables to booleans
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> Libraries >>> my_array > 3

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array([False, False, False, True], dtype=bool)

>>> my_array * 2

array([2, 4, 6, 8])

>>> my_array + np.array([5, 6, 7, 8])

Data analysis Scientific computing 2D plotting Machine learning array([6, 8, 10, 12]) >>> help(str)

Import Libraries Numpy Array Functions

>>> import numpy
>>> my_array.shape #Get the dimensions of the array

>>> import numpy as np >>> np.append(other_array) #Append items to an array

>>> np.insert(my_array, 1, 5) #Insert items in an array

>>> np.delete(my_array,[1]) #Delete items in an array

Selective import >>>

>>>
np.mean(my_array) #Mean of the array

np.median(my_array) #Median of the array

>>> my_array.corrcoef() #Correlation coefficient

>>> from math import pi >>> np.std(my_array) #Standard deviation

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