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1/7/23, 9:36 AM Introduction to Data Structures

Introduction to Data Structures

Pandas deals with the following three data structures −

Series
DataFrame
Panel

These data structures are built on top of Numpy array, which means they are fast.

Dimension & Description


The best way to think of these data structures is that the higher dimensional data structure is a
container of its lower dimensional data structure. For example, DataFrame is a container of
Series, Panel is a container of DataFrame.

Data Dimensions Description


Structure

Series 1 1D labeled homogeneous array, sizeimmutable.

Data 2 General 2D labeled, size-mutable tabular structure with potentially


Frames heterogeneously typed columns.

Panel 3 General 3D labeled, size-mutable array.

Building and handling two or more dimensional arrays is a tedious task, burden is placed on the
user to consider the orientation of the data set when writing functions. But using Pandas data
structures, the mental effort of the user is reduced.

For example, with tabular data (DataFrame) it is more semantically helpful to think of the index
(the rows) and the columns rather than axis 0 and axis 1.

Mutability
All Pandas data structures are value mutable (can be changed) and except Series all are size
mutable. Series is size immutable.

Note − DataFrame is widely used and one of the most important data structures. Panel is used
much less.

Series
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Series is a one-dimensional array like structure with homogeneous data. For example, the
following series is a collection of integers 10, 23, 56, …

10 23 56 17 52 61 73 90 26 72

Key Points
Homogeneous data
Size Immutable
Values of Data Mutable

DataFrame
DataFrame is a two-dimensional array with heterogeneous data. For example,

Name Age Gender Rating

Steve 32 Male 3.45

Lia 28 Female 4.6

Vin 45 Male 3.9

Katie 38 Female 2.78

The table represents the data of a sales team of an organization with their overall performance
rating. The data is represented in rows and columns. Each column represents an attribute and
each row represents a person.

Data Type of Columns


The data types of the four columns are as follows −

Column Type

Name String

Age Integer

Gender String

Rating Float

Key Points
Heterogeneous data
Size Mutable
Data Mutable

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Panel
Panel is a three-dimensional data structure with heterogeneous data. It is hard to represent the
panel in graphical representation. But a panel can be illustrated as a container of DataFrame.

Key Points
Heterogeneous data
Size Mutable
Data Mutable

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