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Practical Data Wrangling

You're reading from   Practical Data Wrangling Expert techniques for transforming your raw data into a valuable source for analytics

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787286139
Length 204 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Allan Visochek Allan Visochek
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Programming with Data FREE CHAPTER 2. Introduction to Programming in Python 3. Reading, Exploring, and Modifying Data - Part I 4. Reading, Exploring, and Modifying Data - Part II 5. Manipulating Text Data - An Introduction to Regular Expressions 6. Cleaning Numerical Data - An Introduction to R and RStudio 7. Simplifying Data Manipulation with dplyr 8. Getting Data from the Web 9. Working with Large Datasets

Logistical overview


In this chapter, I will do a demonstration of a single program called process_data.py. The process_data.py program will read a JSON file containing the data for this chapter, extract some of the variables from the data and output a new dataset to an output JSON file.

At the end of the chapter, I will demonstrate an alternative version of process_data.py called process_data2.py that allows for external specification of the input and output filenames.

The finished product for all of the code is available in the code folder of the external resources. All external resources are available at the following link: https://goo.gl/8S58ra.

Installation requirements

For this chapter, you will need the following:

  • Atom, an open source text editor created by GitHub
  • The latest version of Python 3

Links and guidelines for all of the installation requirements are made available in the Installation a part of the reference material. Visit https://goo.gl/8S58ra and find the Atom and Python 3 headlines...

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