Course Content
Time Series Essentials
Index Definition
Methods Description
-
pd.to_datetime(arg)
: This function converts the argumentarg
to datetime format. It returns a DataFrame, Series, or ndarray containing datetime objects; -
set_index(keys)
: This method sets the DataFrame index using the values of the specified column(s)keys
. It returns a new DataFrame with the index set; -
drop(labels, axis=1, inplace=True)
: This method removes the specified column(s) from the DataFrame. It returns a new DataFrame ifinplace=False
, otherwise it modifies the DataFrame in place.
Swipe to show code editor
- Cast the 'Month' column to
datetime
format; - Set the 'Month' column as an index of the DataFrame;
- Drop the
'Month'
column.
Thanks for your feedback!
Methods Description
-
pd.to_datetime(arg)
: This function converts the argumentarg
to datetime format. It returns a DataFrame, Series, or ndarray containing datetime objects; -
set_index(keys)
: This method sets the DataFrame index using the values of the specified column(s)keys
. It returns a new DataFrame with the index set; -
drop(labels, axis=1, inplace=True)
: This method removes the specified column(s) from the DataFrame. It returns a new DataFrame ifinplace=False
, otherwise it modifies the DataFrame in place.
Swipe to show code editor
- Cast the 'Month' column to
datetime
format; - Set the 'Month' column as an index of the DataFrame;
- Drop the
'Month'
column.