Importing pandas

Most users of the pandas library will use an import alias so they can refer to it as pd. In general, in this book, we will not show the pandas and NumPy imports, but they look like this:

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

Quick tip: Enhance your coding experience with the AI Code Explainer and Quick Copy features. Open this book in the next-gen Packt Reader. Click the Copy button (1) to quickly copy code into your coding environment, or click the Explain button (2) to get the AI assistant to explain a block of code to you.

The next-gen Packt Reader is included for free with the purchase of this book. Unlock it by scanning the QR code below or visiting https://www.packtpub.com/unlock/9781836205876.

While it is an optional dependency in the 2.x series of pandas, many examples in this book will also leverage the PyArrow library, which we assume to be imported as:

import pyarrow as pa