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Python Installation Steps for Beginners

The document discusses a lecture on Python fundamentals and data visualization. It covers installing Python via Anaconda, using Jupyter Notebooks for its user-friendly interface, and loading/working with data in Python including getting the number of rows and columns, viewing different parts of the data, and looking at columns, rows and cells. The key steps in installing Python and using Jupyter Notebooks are outlined.

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Python Installation Steps for Beginners

The document discusses a lecture on Python fundamentals and data visualization. It covers installing Python via Anaconda, using Jupyter Notebooks for its user-friendly interface, and loading/working with data in Python including getting the number of rows and columns, viewing different parts of the data, and looking at columns, rows and cells. The key steps in installing Python and using Jupyter Notebooks are outlined.

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Data Analytics with Python

Lecture 2: Python – Fundamentals

Dr. A. Ramesh
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
IIT ROORKEE

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Learning objectives
1. Installing Python
2. Fundamentals of Python
3. Data Visualisation

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Python Installation Process

Installation Process –

Step 1: Type https://www.anaconda.com at the address bar of web


browser.
Step 2: Click on download button
Step 3: Download python 3.7 version for windows OS
Step 4: Double click on file to run the application
Step 5: Follow the instructions until completion of installation process

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Python Installation Process

Installation Process –

Step 1: Type https://www.anaconda.com at the address bar of web browser.

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Python Installation Process

Step 2: Click on download button

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Python Installation Process

Step 3: Download python 3.7 version for windows OS

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Python Installation Process

Step 4: Double click on file to run the application

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Python Installation Process

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Python Installation Process

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Python Installation Process

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Python Installation Process

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Python Installation Process

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Python Installation Process

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Python Installation Process

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Python Installation Process

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Python Installation Process

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Why Jupyter NoteBook?

Why?
• Edit code on web browser
• Easy in documentation
• Easy in demonstration
• User- friendly Interface

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Python and Jupyter

Python Programming Language Jupyter Application

Software Package contains both


python and jupyter application

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About Jupyter NoteBook

Cell -> Access using Enter Key

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About Jupyter NoteBook

Input Field -> Green color indicates edit mode


Blue color indicates command mode

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About Jupyter NoteBook

-> It contains documentation


-> Text not executed as code

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About Jupyter Notebook

• Command mode allow to edit notebook as whole


• To close edit mode (Press Escape key)
• Execution (Three ways)
o Ctrl +Enter (Output field can not be modified)
o Shift +Enter (Output field is modified)
o Run button on Jupyter interface

• Comment line is written preceding with # symbol.

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About Jupyter Notebook

• Important shortcut keys

o A -> To create cell above


o B -> To create cell below
o D + D -> For deleting cell
o M -> For markdown cell
o Y -> For code cell

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Fundamentals of Python

• Loading a simple delimited data file


• Counting how many rows and columns were loaded
• Determining which type of data was loaded
• Looking at different parts of the data by subsetting rows
and columns

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Loading a simple delimited data file

Data Source: www.github.com/jennybc/gapminder.

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• head method shows us only the first 5 rows

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Get the number of rows and columns

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get column names

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get the dtype of each column

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Pandas Types Versus Python Types

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get more information about data

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Looking at Columns, Rows, and Cells

• # get the country column and save it to its own variable

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# show the first 5 observations

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# show the last 5 observations

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# Looking at country, continent, and year

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