pandas
pandas is a software library written in Python and is the basic building block for data manipulation and analysis. It offers a collection of high-performance, easy-to-use, and intuitive data structures and analysis tools that are of great use to marketing analysts and data scientists alike. The library comes as a default package when you install Anaconda (refer to the Preface for detailed instructions).
Note
Before you run the code in this book, it is recommended that you install and set up the virtual environment using the environment.yml file we have provided in the GitHub repository of this book.
You can find the environment.yml file at the following link: https://packt.link/dBv1k.
It will install all the required libraries and ensure that the version numbers of the libraries on your system match with ours. Refer to the Preface for more instructions on how to set this up.
However, if you're using any other distribution where pandas is not pre-installed, you...