Numeric_only on exploring data with pandas lesson 6

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#1

Hi all,

I’m not sure if I am missing something but in lesson 6 of exploring data with pandas, it talks about using methods for dataframes. I had to check the answer, which ended up confusing me a bit more.

Answer:
max_f500 = f500.max(numeric_only=True)

Numeric_only wasn’t in the lesson. Is there a lesson for the numeric_only that I forgot or is missing? Or was there a way to find these documentations mentioned? I’m confused where the answer came from when they were mentioning methods and axis.

Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

#2

Hi @tlunderwood2014,

  • max(numeric_only = True), indicates that max value should be computed from only columns that has numeric data type.
  • if you just write max() , it will compute max value for each columns in dataframe object (f500)

you can find the documentation for the same here

Happy learning!
Thanks

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