Python Quest

Track 14 · Lesson 9 of 12

Combining data

Join tables on a key with merge, choose the right join type, stack tables with concat, and check that a merge did what you expected.

About 50 minAdvanced4 exercises

You will be able to

  • Merge two DataFrames on a key column with pd.merge / DataFrame.merge
  • Choose between inner, left, right and outer joins
  • Stack DataFrames with the same columns using pd.concat
  • Validate a merge by checking row counts, unmatched keys and duplicate keys

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