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Data Cleaning in Pandas ๐๐งน
๐ In real projects, 80% of the work = Data Cleaning
Because raw data is always messy ๐
๐น 1. Why Data Cleaning?
Real-world data may have:
โ Missing values
โ Duplicate records
โ Wrong formats
โ Extra spaces
๐ Cleaning makes data usable for analysis & ML.
๐ฅ 2. Handling Missing Values
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Check Missing Values
df.isnull()
df.isnull().sum()
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Remove Missing Values
df.dropna()
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Fill Missing Values
df.fillna(0)
๐ Replace missing values with 0 or mean.
๐น 3. Remove Duplicates
df.drop_duplicates()
๐น 4. Rename Columns
df.rename(columns={"Name": "Full_Name"}, inplace=True)
๐น 5. Change Data Types
df["Age"] = df["Age"].astype(int)
๐น 6. Remove Extra Spaces
df["Name"] = df["Name"].str.strip()
๐น 7. Replace Values
df["City"] = df["City"].replace("NY", "New York")
๐น 8. Why This is Important?
โ Clean data = better insights
โ Clean data = better ML models
โ Used in every real-world project
๐ฏ Todayโs Goal
โ Handle missing values
โ Remove duplicates
โ Fix data types
โ Clean text data
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