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What is a dataframe? I wish libraries would define their key terminology. Especially when the term is rather generic.


What Is a Data Frame? (In Python, R, and SQL)

http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2018/11/30.html

(this is my article, but it will also show up if you Google the question :) )


It's kinda like a spreadsheet with a programmatic interface. Check out pandas for a nice introduction!


I saw this used as some Python library inside another app, didn't quite understand it.


Am I the only one who finds pandas to be terrible compared to dplyr?


No, pity that a lot of new build libraries and platform gets inspired by pandas workflow in search for something better, instead of looking at R ecosystem where people actually enjoy the available tools and workflows.


Everyone does. On the other hand I, and many others I assume, aren't willing to move to R for the sake of the one superior tool over python. Two if you count ggplot2, I suppose.


Yeah but for giving someone an intro to what dataframes are, I think pandas might leave a sour taste where dplyr would allow someone to learn comfortably.

Although, one might run into a "true level" situation. This is when Morty feels what true level is like, then says "everything is crooked, reality is poison" when he has to live in the "fake level" world.




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