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Polars Cookbook

You're reading from   Polars Cookbook Over 60 practical recipes to transform, manipulate, and analyze your data using Python Polars 1.x

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805121152
Length 394 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Yuki Kakegawa Yuki Kakegawa
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Python Polars FREE CHAPTER 2. Chapter 2: Reading and Writing Files 3. Chapter 3: An Introduction to Data Analysis in Python Polars 4. Chapter 4: Data Transformation Techniques 5. Chapter 5: Handling Missing Data 6. Chapter 6: Performing String Manipulations 7. Chapter 7: Working with Nested Data Structures 8. Chapter 8: Reshaping and Tidying Data 9. Chapter 9: Time Series Analysis 10. Chapter 10: Interoperability with Other Python Libraries 11. Chapter 11: Working with Common Cloud Data Sources 12. Chapter 12: Testing and Debugging in Polars 13. Index 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Working with Nested Data Structures

Proficiency in working with nested data types during data wrangling is essential for effectively handling the complexity of real-world datasets. As datasets increasingly manifest intricate structures and relationships, understanding how to navigate and manipulate nested data becomes crucial.

The ability to work with nested data is fundamental for advanced data analysis, machine learning, and data wrangling. This enables the creation of sophisticated features and facilitates compatibility with modern data interchange formats and complex business logic. In essence, mastering the intricacies of nested data types enhances data professional’s capacity for sophisticated data analysis and modeling in the field of data.

Python Polars provides built-in functionalities to work with nested data structures such as List, Array, Struct, and Object. List is a data type in which each row represents a list of elements with the same data type but different...

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