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Python Data Analysis

Python Data Analysis

By : Idris
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Python Data Analysis

Python Data Analysis

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By: Idris

Overview of this book

This book is for programmers, scientists, and engineers who have knowledge of the Python language and know the basics of data science. It is for those who wish to learn different data analysis methods using Python and its libraries. This book contains all the basic ingredients you need to become an expert data analyst.
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Section 1: Foundation for Data Analysis
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Section 2: Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Cleaning
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Section 3: Deep Dive into Machine Learning
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Section 4: NLP, Image Analytics, and Parallel Computing

Storing data with PyTables


Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) is a specification and technology for the storage of big numerical data. HDF was created in the supercomputing community and is now an open standard. The latest version of HDF is HDF5 and is the one we will be using. HDF5 structures data in groups and datasets. Datasets are multidimensional homogeneous arrays. Groups can contain other groups or datasets. Groups are like directories in a hierarchical filesystem.

The two main HDF5 Python libraries are:

  • h5y

  • PyTables

In this example, we will be using PyTables. PyTables has a number of dependencies:

  • NumPy: We installed NumPy in Chapter 1, Getting Started with Python Libraries

  • numexpr: This package claims that it evaluates multiple-operator array expressions many times faster than NumPy can

  • HDF5

    Note

    The parallel version of HDF5 also requires MPI. HDF5 can be installed by obtaining a distribution from http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/obtain5.html and running the following commands (which could...

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