What are Python pandas equivalents for R functions like str(), summary(), and head()?

Question

I\'m only aware of the describe() function. Are there any other functions similar to str(), summary(), and head()?

Answer 1

Pandas offers an extensive Comparison with R / R libraries. The most obvious difference is that R prefers functional programming while Pandas is object orientated, with the data frame as the key object. Another difference between R and Python is that Python starts arrays at 0, but R at 1.

R               | Pandas
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summary(df)     | df.describe()
head(df)        | df.head()
dim(df)         | df.shape
slice(df, 1:10) | df.iloc[:9]