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Pandas Better Than Excel

Pandas is a software library extension of Python that is useful for data analysis and manipulation. It can handle large datasets faster than Excel and import data from over 15 file formats easily. Pandas uses machine learning to automatically clean data by finding and fixing issues like missing information and duplicate entries. While there is a steeper learning curve than Excel, Pandas is more powerful and suitable for data scientists and analysts working with large datasets.

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Pandas Better Than Excel

Pandas is a software library extension of Python that is useful for data analysis and manipulation. It can handle large datasets faster than Excel and import data from over 15 file formats easily. Pandas uses machine learning to automatically clean data by finding and fixing issues like missing information and duplicate entries. While there is a steeper learning curve than Excel, Pandas is more powerful and suitable for data scientists and analysts working with large datasets.

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Why Pandas is Better Than Excel

What are pandas?


Pandas is a software library extension of Python. It works with data stored in
Python to manipulate and analyse data. As opposed to Excel, Python is
completely free to download and use.

The pandas library is used by data scientists and analysts for tasks ranging from
the very big to very small. Pandas can:

 Quickly clean data and convert file formats

 Handle large datasets

 Visualize data with Matplotlib

It's a powerful library for anyone who needs to get results quickly. There is a
steeper learning curve to the program than Excel and it does require basic
knowledge about Python and coding.

I. Analyse Large Data Sets Easily


Pandas operates right on the back of Python. As a result, is extremely fast and
efficient. In Excel, once you exceed 10,000 rows, it starts to slow down —
considerably. Pandas, on the other hand, has no real limit and handles millions
of data points seamlessly. In terms of pure space, Excel caps a single
spreadsheet at 1,048,576 rows exactly. At that point, your calculations would
take forever to compute. More likely, Excel would just crash. A million rows
may seem like a lot of data, but for data scientists, this is but a drop in a bucket.

Pandas, however, has no limitation to the number of data points you can have in
a DataFrame. It’s limited only by the computing power and memory of the
computer it is running on.
It is also easier to create and use complex equations and calculations on your
data. You can apply hundreds of computations to millions of data points
instantly with pandas. Since Python is open source, there are already hundreds
of libraries created that could streamline the length of time it takes to calculate.

II. Import Datasets


For Excel, you would have to spend time converting file formats before
importing them, whereas pandas can handle over 15 different formats and
switch between them with ease.

In addition, when using format converters to import data into Excel, the
formatting often gets ruined and may result in Kills in the data.

III. Clean Up and Organize Data Sets


In addition to pandas being much faster than Excel, it contains a much smarter
machine learning backbone. With this ML software in place, pandas is better at
automatically reading and categorizing data. It can clean up data much easier
than Excel and is capable of automating a lot of the process including repairing
data holes and eliminating duplicates. When dealing with millions of data
points, it would be extremely difficult to comb through data looking for missing
information. pandas can help with that and do it all in seconds.

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