Importing Text Files in Python

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Xavier Morera

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1. Course Overview

1. Course Overview.mp4

01:23

2. Importing Text Files

1. Importing Text Files.mp4

01:47

2. Opening and Closing Files.mp4

04:19

3. Reading and Printing Lines from a Text File.mp4

04:39

4. Takeaway.mp4

01:01

3. Loading and Reading Flat Files

1. Loading and Reading Flat Files.mp4

01:19

2. Types of Flat Files.mp4

03:41

3. The CSV Reader.mp4

03:50

4. Libraries for Working with Flat Files.mp4

01:45

5. Takeaway.mp4

01:22

4. Import Text File with Numpy

1. A Look at Numpy.mp4

01:40

2. The Numpy Ndarray and Its Methods.mp4

05:31

3. Importing Options with Numpy.mp4

07:50

4. Takeaway.mp4

01:03

5. Import Text File into Pandas

1. A Look at Pandas.mp4

01:31

2. The Pandas Dataframe.mp4

07:32

3. Importing Text Files into a Dataframe with Pandas.mp4

09:27

4. Reading Other Kinds of Files with Pandas.mp4

00:57

5. Takeaway.mp4

01:47

6. Final Takeaway

1. Final Takeaway.mp4

03:59

Description

In order to work with data in Python, you need to know how to get data into Python. In this course I will teach you how to import text files and tabular data into Python in three different ways: by reading text directly, using Numpy, and Pandas

What You'll Learn?

Loading data is one of the most important skills you can have. Do you know which is one of the most powerful and widely used languages to work with data? If you guessed Python, you are right.

In this course, Importing Text Files in Python, you’ll gain the ability to load in the most efficient way text and tabular data.

First, you’ll explore how to import text and flat files.

Next, you’ll discover how to load numerical data using Numpy.

Finally, you’ll learn how to load and import tabular data using Pandas.

When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of importing text and flat files needed to load numerical and tabular data in Python.

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Xavier Morera

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Xavier is very passionate about teaching, helping others understand search and Big Data. He is also an entrepreneur, project manager, technical author, trainer, and holds a few certifications with Cloudera, Microsoft, and the Scrum Alliance, along with being a Microsoft MVP. He has spent a great deal of his career working on cutting-edge projects with a primary focus on .NET, Solr, and Hadoop among a few other interesting technologies. Throughout multiple projects, he has acquired skills to deal with complex enterprise software solutions, working with companies that range from startups to Microsoft. Xavier also worked as a worldwide v-trainer/evangelist for Microsoft.

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