Summary
Detecting missing values in tabular data by generating a boolean mask using methods like isna() or isnull().

General domain of usage
Data analysis

DataFrames often contain **missing values**, represented as `None` or `NaN`. When working with DataFrames, it's essential to identify these missing values because they can distort calculations, lead to inaccurate analyses, and compromise the reliability of results. 

Addressing them ensures **data integrity** and improves the performance of tasks like **statistical analysis** and **machine learning**. For this purpose, pandas offers specific methods.

The first of these is `isna()`, which returns a **boolean DataFrame**. In this context, a `True` value indicates a missing value within the DataFrame, while a `False` value suggests the value is present.

For clarity, apply this method to the `animals` DataFrame. The `isna()` method returns a `DataFrame` of `True`/`False` values, where each `True` indicates a missing value in the `animals` DataFrame.


import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

animals_data = {'animal': [np.NaN, 'Dog', np.NaN, 'Cat','Parrot', None],
'name': ['Dolly', None, 'Erin', 'Kelly', None, 'Odie']}
animals = pd.DataFrame(animals_data)
# Find missing values
missing_values = animals.isna()
print(missing_values)

The second method is `isnull()`. It behaves identically to the previous one, with no discernible difference between them.

import unittest
import importlib
import pandas as pd


def get_first_differing_row(expected_df, actual_df):
    expected_list = expected_df.astype(str).apply(tuple, axis=1)
    actual_list = actual_df.astype(str).apply(tuple, axis=1)

    for i, (row1, row2) in enumerate(zip(expected_list, actual_list)):
        if row1 != row2:
            return i, expected_df.iloc[i].values, actual_df.iloc[i].values

    if len(expected_df) > len(actual_df):
        return len(actual_df), expected_df.iloc[len(actual_df)].values, None
    else:
        return len(expected_df), None, actual_df.iloc[len(expected_df)].values


def _dynamic_test(test_case, condition, success_message, failure_message):
    if condition:
        test_case._testMethodName = success_message
        test_case.assertTrue(True, success_message)
    else:
        test_case._testMethodName = failure_message
        test_case.fail(failure_message)


class TestUserCode(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_missing_values_is_declared(self):
        import user_code
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            hasattr(user_code, 'missing_values'),
            "The `missing_values` variable is declared.",
            "Expected `missing_values` to be declared."
        )

    def test_missing_values_is_dataframe(self):
        import user_code

        try:
            condition = isinstance(user_code.missing_values, pd.DataFrame)
            failure_message = f"Expected `missing_values` to be a `DataFrame`, but got `{type(user_code.missing_values).__name__}`."
        except AttributeError:
            condition = False
            failure_message = "The `missing_values` variable is not declared."

        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            condition,
            "The variable `missing_values` is a `DataFrame`.",
            failure_message
        )

    def test_missing_values_has_correct_values(self):
        import user_code
        wine_data = pd.read_csv(
            'https://codefinity-content-media.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/a43d24b6-df61-4e11-9c90-5b36552b3437/wine_with_nan.csv')
        expected_df = wine_data.isnull()

        variable = 'missing_values'
        actual_df = getattr(user_code, variable, None)
        condition = False
        if actual_df is None:
            failure_message = f"The `{variable}` variable is not declared."
        elif not isinstance(actual_df, pd.DataFrame):
            failure_message = f"`{variable}` is not a `DataFrame`."
        elif actual_df.empty:
            failure_message = f"`{variable}` is empty."
        elif actual_df.equals(expected_df):
            condition = True
            failure_message = None
        else:
            idx, expected_row, actual_row = get_first_differing_row(expected_df, actual_df)
            failure_message = f"Expected `{variable}` to contain `{expected_row}` at row {idx}, but got `{actual_row}`."

        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            condition,
            f"`{variable}` correctly identifies missing values.",
            failure_message
        )


if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

test_main.py

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Finding Null Values

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