Lec 16 - Index Objects.ipynb

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     "input": [
      "import numpy as np\n",
      "\n",
      "from pandas import Series,DataFrame\n",
      "\n",
      "import pandas as pd"
     ],
     "language": "python",
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     "input": [
      "#Let's learn/review about Index Objects\n",
      "my_ser = Series([1,2,3,4],index=['A','B','C','D'])\n",
      "\n",
      "#Get the index\n",
      "my_index = my_ser.index"
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     "outputs": [],
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     "input": [
      "#Show\n",
      "my_index"
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       "output_type": "pyout",
       "prompt_number": 5,
       "text": [
        "Index([u'a', u'b', u'c', u'd'], dtype='object')"
       ]
      }
     ],
     "prompt_number": 5
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     "input": [
      "#Can grab index ranges\n",
      "my_index[2:]"
     ],
     "language": "python",
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     "outputs": [
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       "output_type": "pyout",
       "prompt_number": 7,
       "text": [
        "Index([u'C', u'D'], dtype='object')"
       ]
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     "input": [
      "#What happens if we try to change an index value?\n",
      "my_index[0] = 'Z'"
     ],
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       "ename": "TypeError",
       "evalue": "Indexes does not support mutable operations",
       "output_type": "pyerr",
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        "\u001b[1;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;31mTypeError\u001b[0m                                 Traceback (most recent call last)",
        "\u001b[1;32m<ipython-input-8-599f591f1af8>\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m<module>\u001b[1;34m()\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m      1\u001b[0m \u001b[1;31m#What happens if we try to change an index value?\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m----> 2\u001b[1;33m \u001b[0mmy_index\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m[\u001b[0m\u001b[1;36m0\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m]\u001b[0m \u001b[1;33m=\u001b[0m \u001b[1;34m'Z'\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m",
        "\u001b[1;32mC:\\Users\\Marcial\\Anaconda\\lib\\site-packages\\pandas\\core\\index.pyc\u001b[0m in \u001b[0;36m__setitem__\u001b[1;34m(self, key, value)\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m    894\u001b[0m \u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m    895\u001b[0m     \u001b[1;32mdef\u001b[0m \u001b[0m__setitem__\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mself\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mkey\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mvalue\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m)\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m:\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[1;32m--> 896\u001b[1;33m         \u001b[1;32mraise\u001b[0m \u001b[0mTypeError\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m(\u001b[0m\u001b[1;34m\"Indexes does not support mutable operations\"\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m)\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0m\u001b[0;32m    897\u001b[0m \u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m    898\u001b[0m     \u001b[1;32mdef\u001b[0m \u001b[0m__getitem__\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m(\u001b[0m\u001b[0mself\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m,\u001b[0m \u001b[0mkey\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m)\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m:\u001b[0m\u001b[1;33m\u001b[0m\u001b[0m\n",
        "\u001b[1;31mTypeError\u001b[0m: Indexes does not support mutable operations"
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      "#Excellent! Indexes are immutable!"
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     "prompt_number": 9
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     "input": [
      "#Next we'll learn about Reindexing."
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     "language": "python",
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     "outputs": []
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