v0.16.1 Final
This is a minor bug-fix release from 0.16.0 and includes a a large number of
bug fixes along several new features, enhancements, and performance improvements.
We recommend that all users upgrade to this version.
Highlights include:
- Support for a
CategoricalIndex
, a category based index, see here - New section on how-to-contribute to pandas, see here
- Revised "Merge, join, and concatenate" documentation, including graphical examples to make it easier to understand each operations, see here
- New method
sample
for drawing random samples from Series, DataFrames and Panels. See here - The default
Index
printing has changed to a more uniform format, see here BusinessHour
datetime-offset is now supported, see here- Further enhancement to the
.str
accessor to make string operations easier, see here
See the full whatsnew here