Using .head() over .iloc[:]

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#1

I’m working through this
https://app.dataquest.io/c/54/m/292/exploring-data-with-pandas%3A-intermediate/6/working-with-integer-labels

I knew the right answer but tried to use .head() instead. Is there a reason to choose one over the other? They both seem to create dataframes.

  1. Assign the first five rows of the null_previous_rank dataframe to the variable top5_null_prev_rank by choosing the correct method out of either loc[] or iloc[].

My Code:

# My Answer
top5_null_prev_rank = null_previous_rank.head(5)

# Course answer
top5_null_prev_rank = null_previous_rank.iloc[:5]
#2

This has come up in the community before. Perhaps this post can answer your question:

#3

Yep totally. .head() has far less versatility than .iloc[]. Thanks for the redirect :slight_smile:

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