Lecture

Updating and Modifying Data

Once you've loaded a DataFrame, you'll often need to make changes, such as correcting mistakes, updating values, or adding new columns.

Pandas makes this process straightforward.


Why Modify Your Data?

Real-world data is rarely perfect. You might need to:

  • Fix typos or incorrect values in cells
  • Standardize formats, such as capitalizing city names
  • Add new columns, like a calculated discount or score
  • Update values conditionally, for example, flagging all users under 18

These adjustments are often essential before analysis or visualization.


What You'll Learn

In the notebook, you'll learn how to:

  • Change a specific cell value using .loc[]
  • Modify multiple rows based on conditions
  • Create new columns from existing ones
  • Apply functions to update entire columns
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Which method in Pandas allows you to change a specific cell value in a DataFrame?

.iloc[]

.apply()

.loc[]

.merge()

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