nlargest() and nsmallest() in Pandas - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to get the 3 largest values from the 'score' column.

Pandas

top_scores = df['score'].[1](3)

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Ansmallest

Bsort_values

Cnlargest

Dhead

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using nsmallest() instead of nlargest()

Using sort_values() without specifying ascending=False

The nlargest() function returns the top n largest values from a Series.

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medium

Complete the code to get the 2 smallest values from the 'age' column.

Pandas

youngest = df['age'].[1](2)

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Ansmallest

Bnlargest

Csort_values

Dtail

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3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using nlargest() instead of nsmallest()

Using tail() which returns last rows, not smallest values

The nsmallest() function returns the smallest n values from a Series.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to get the 4 largest values from the 'height' column.

Pandas

tallest = df.[1]('height', 4)

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Ahead

Bnsmallest

Csort_values

Dnlargest

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Calling nlargest() on a Series instead of DataFrame with column name

Using sort_values() without specifying ascending=False

The nlargest() method is called on the DataFrame with the column name and number of values.

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hard

Fill both blanks to get the 5 smallest values from the 'weight' column.

Pandas

lightest = df.[1](5, '[2]')

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Ansmallest

Bnlargest

Cweight

Dheight

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using nlargest() instead of nsmallest()

Using wrong column name

Use nsmallest() on the DataFrame with the column name 'weight' to get smallest values.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary of top 3 tallest people's names and heights.

Pandas

top_tallest = {person: height for person, height in zip(df['[1]'][df['[2]'].[3](3).index], df['[2]'].[3](3))}

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Aname

Bheight

Cnlargest

Dage

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3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong column names

Using nsmallest() instead of nlargest()

We use the 'name' column for people, 'height' column for heights, and nlargest(3) to get top 3 heights.