columns and index attributes in Pandas - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to get the column names of the DataFrame.

Pandas

column_names = df.[1]

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Akeys

Bindex

Cvalues

Dcolumns

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'index' instead of 'columns' to get column names.

Trying to use a method instead of an attribute.

The columns attribute returns the column labels of the DataFrame.

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medium

Complete the code to get the index labels of the DataFrame.

Pandas

row_labels = df.[1]

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Aindex

Baxes

Ccolumns

Dkeys

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'columns' when trying to get row labels.

Using methods like keys() which do not return index labels.

The index attribute returns the row labels of the DataFrame.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to access the DataFrame's columns attribute correctly.

Pandas

cols = df.[1]()

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Avalues

Bindex

Ccolumns

Dkeys

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Adding parentheses after columns causing a TypeError.

Confusing attributes with methods.

The columns attribute is not a method, so it should not have parentheses.

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hard

Fill both blanks to get the index and columns of the DataFrame as a tuple.

Pandas

info = (df.[1], df.[2])

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Aindex

Bvalues

Ccolumns

Dkeys

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Swapping index and columns in the tuple.

Using values or keys which do not return labels.

The index attribute gives row labels, and columns gives column names.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary with keys as column names and values as index labels.

Pandas

mapping = {col: df.[1][[2]] for col in df.[3]

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Aindex

B0

Ccolumns

Dvalues

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using values instead of index for row labels.

Using string '0' instead of integer 0 for indexing.

Swapping columns and index.

This creates a dictionary where each column name maps to the first index label (position 0).