Pandas Complete Reference: Cheat Sheet and Statistical Functions

pd.read_csv(filename) # From a CSV file
pd.read_table(filename) # From a delimited text file (like TSV)
pd.read_excel(filename) # From an Excel file
pd.read_sql(query, connection_object) # Reads from a SQL table/database
pd.read_json(json_string) # Reads from a JSON formatted string, URL or file.
pd.read_html(url) # Parses an html URL, string or file and extracts tables to a list of dataframes
pd.read_clipboard() # Takes the contents of your clipboard and passes it to read_table()
pd.DataFrame(dict) # From a dict, keys for columns names, values for data as lists

df.shape() # Prints number of rows and columns in dataframe
df.head(n) # Prints first n rows of the DataFrame
df.tail(n) # Prints last n rows of the DataFrame
df.info() # Index, Datatype and Memory information
df.describe() # Summary statistics for numerical columns
df[col].value_counts(dropna=False) # Views unique values and counts for a column
df.apply(pd.Series.value_counts) # Unique values and counts for all columns
df.mean() # Returns the mean of all columns
df.corr() # Returns the correlation between columns in a DataFrame
df.count() # Returns the number of non-null values in each DataFrame column
df.max() # Returns the highest value in each column
df.min() # Returns the lowest value in each column
df.median() # Returns the median of each column
df.std() # Returns the standard deviation of each column

df[col] # Returns column with label col as Series
df[[col1, col2]] # Returns Columns as a new DataFrame
df[col].iloc[0] # Selection by position (selects first element of a column)
df[col].loc[0] # Selection by index (selects element at index 0 of a column)
df.iloc[0,:] # First row
df.iloc[0,0] # First element of first column

df.columns = ['a','b','c'] # Renames columns
pd.isnull() # Checks for null Values, Returns Boolean Array
pd.notnull() # Checks for non-null Values, Returns Boolean Array
df.dropna() # Drops all rows that contain null values
df.dropna(axis=1) # Drops all columns that contain null values
df.dropna(axis=1,thresh=n) # Drops all rows have have less than n non null values
df.fillna(x) # Replaces all null values with x
df[col].fillna(df[col].mean()) # Replaces all null values in a column with the column mean
df[col].astype(float) # Converts the datatype of a column to float
df[col].replace(1,'one') # Replaces all values equal to 1 with 'one' in a column
df[col].replace([1,3],['one','three']) # Replaces all 1 with 'one' and 3 with 'three' in a column
df.rename(columns=lambda x: x + 1) # Mass renaming of columns
df.rename(columns={'old_name': 'new_ name'}) # Selective renaming
df.set_index('column_one') # Changes the index
df.rename(index=lambda x: x + 1) # Mass renaming of index

df[df[col] > 0.5] # Rows where the col column is greater than 0.5
df[(df[col] > 0.5) & (df[col] < 0.7)] # Rows where 0.5 < col < 0.7
df.sort_values(col1) # Sorts values by col1 in ascending order
df.sort_values(col2,ascending=False) # Sorts values by col2 in descending order
df.sort_values([col1,col2], ascending=[True,False]) # Sorts values by col1 in ascending order then col2 in descending order
df.groupby(col) # Returns a groupby object for values from one column
df.groupby([col1,col2]) # Returns a groupby object values from multiple columns
df.groupby(col1)[col2].mean() # Returns the mean of the values in col2, grouped by the values in col1 (mean can be replaced with almost any function from the statistics section)
df.pivot_table(index=col1, values=[col2,col3], aggfunc=mean) # Creates a pivot table that groups by col1 and calculates the mean of col2 and col3
df.groupby(col1).agg(np.mean) # Finds the average across all columns for every unique column 1 group
df.apply(np.mean) # Applies a function across each column
df.apply(np.max, axis=1) # Applies a function across each row

df1.append(df2) # Adds the rows in df1 to the end of df2 (columns should be identical)
pd.concat([df1, df2],axis=1) # Adds the columns in df1 to the end of df2 (rows should be identical)
df1.join(df2,on=col1,how='inner') # SQL-style joins the columns in df1 with the columns on df2 where the rows for col1 have identical values

df.to_csv(filename) # Writes to a CSV file
df.to_excel(filename) # Writes to an Excel file
df.to_sql(table_name, connection_object) # Writes to a SQL table
df.to_json(filename) # Writes to a file in JSON format
df.to_html(filename) # Saves as an HTML table
df.to_clipboard() # Writes to the clipboard