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PYTHON ­ PROCESSING CSV DATA

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Reading data from CSVcommaseparatedvalues is a fundamental necessity in Data Science. Often, we get data
from various sources which can get exported to CSV format so that they can be used by other systems. The
Panadas library provides features using which we can read the CSV file in full as well as in parts for only a selected
group of columns and rows.

Input as CSV File


The csv file is a text file in which the values in the columns are separated by a comma. Let's consider the following
data present in the file named input.csv.

You can create this file using windows notepad by copying and pasting this data. Save the file as input.csv using
the save As All files∗. ∗ option in notepad.

id,name,salary,start_date,dept
1,Rick,623.3,2012‐01‐01,IT
2,Dan,515.2,2013‐09‐23,Operations
3,Tusar,611,2014‐11‐15,IT
4,Ryan,729,2014‐05‐11,HR
5,Gary,843.25,2015‐03‐27,Finance
6,Rasmi,578,2013‐05‐21,IT
7,Pranab,632.8,2013‐07‐30,Operations
8,Guru,722.5,2014‐06‐17,Finance

Reading a CSV File


The read_csv function of the pandas library is used read the content of a CSV file into the python environment as
a pandas DataFrame. The function can read the files from the OS by using proper path to the file.

import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv('path/input.csv')
print (data)

When we execute the above code, it produces the following result. Please note how an additional column starting
with zero as a index has been created by the function.

id name salary start_date dept


0 1 Rick 623.30 2012‐01‐01 IT
1 2 Dan 515.20 2013‐09‐23 Operations
2 3 Tusar 611.00 2014‐11‐15 IT
3 4 Ryan 729.00 2014‐05‐11 HR
4 5 Gary 843.25 2015‐03‐27 Finance
5 6 Rasmi 578.00 2013‐05‐21 IT
6 7 Pranab 632.80 2013‐07‐30 Operations
7 8 Guru 722.50 2014‐06‐17 Finance

Reading Specific Rows


The read_csv function of the pandas library can also be used to read some specific rows for a given column. We
slice the result from the read_csv function using the code shown below for first 5 rows for the column named
salary.

import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv('path/input.csv')

# Slice the result for first 5 rows


print (data[0:5]['salary'])

When we execute the above code, it produces the following result.

0 623.30
1 515.20
2 611.00
3 729.00
4 843.25
Name: salary, dtype: float64

Reading Specific Columns


The read_csv function of the pandas library can also be used to read some specific columns. We use the multi­
axes indexing method called .loc for this purpose. We choose to display the salary and name column for all the
rows.

import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv('path/input.csv')

# Use the multi‐axes indexing funtion


print (data.loc[:,['salary','name']])

When we execute the above code, it produces the following result.

salary name
0 623.30 Rick
1 515.20 Dan
2 611.00 Tusar
3 729.00 Ryan
4 843.25 Gary
5 578.00 Rasmi
6 632.80 Pranab
7 722.50 Guru

Reading Specific Columns and Rows


The read_csv function of the pandas library can also be used to read some specific columns and specific rows. We
use the multi­axes indexing method called .loc for this purpose. We choose to display the salary and name column
for some of the rows.

import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv('path/input.csv')
# Use the multi‐axes indexing funtion
print (data.loc[[1,3,5],['salary','name']])

When we execute the above code, it produces the following result.

salary name
1 515.2 Dan
3 729.0 Ryan
5 578.0 Rasmi

Reading Specific Columns for a Range of Rows


The read_csv function of the pandas library can also be used to read some specific columns and a range of rows.
We use the multi­axes indexing method called .loc for this purpose. We choose to display the salary and name
column for some of the rows.

import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv('path/input.csv')

# Use the multi‐axes indexing funtion


print (data.loc[2:6,['salary','name']])

When we execute the above code, it produces the following result.

salary name
2 611.00 Tusar
3 729.00 Ryan
4 843.25 Gary
5 578.00 Rasmi
6 632.80 Pranab

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