Python in Excel Step-by-Step

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XIII
ABOUT THE AUTHOR XV
ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITORS XVII
INTRODUCTION XIX

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING PYTHON IN EXCEL 1

1.1 Introducing Python in Excel 1
1.2 How Python in Excel Works 2
1.3 Why Python in Excel? 5
1.4 Continue Your Learning 11

CHAPTER 2: DATA TYPES 13

2.1 Integers 15
2.2 Floats 17
2.3 Strings 19
2.4 Booleans 26
2.5 Continue Your Learning 31

CHAPTER 3: DATA STRUCTURES 33

3.1 Lists 33
3.2 Dictionaries 41
3.3 Tuples 49
3.4 Sets 51
3.5 Slicing Data 55
3.6 Continue Your Learning 59

CHAPTER 4: CONTROL FLOW AND LOOPS 61

4.1 if/else Statements 61
4.2 for Loops 69
4.3 while Loops 73
4.4 Comprehensions 76
4.5 Continue Your Learning 83

CHAPTER 5: FUNCTIONS 85

5.1 Introducing Functions 85
5.2 Lambdas 96
5.3 Continue Your Learning 99

CHAPTER 6: DATA TABLE FUNDAMENTALS 101

6.1 Introducing Pandas 101
6.2 Loading Data 104
6.3 Exploring Dataframes 109
6.4 The Workbook So Far 119
6.5 Continue Your Learning 120

CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH COLUMNS 121

7.1 Exploring Columns 121
7.2 Numeric Columns 128
7.3 String Columns 138
7.4 Datetime Columns 151
7.5 The Workbook So Far 158
7.6 Continue Your Learning 160

CHAPTER 8: WORKING WITH DATA TABLES 161

8.1 AdventureWorks Data Analysis 161
8.2 Changing Dataframes 161
8.3 Filtering Dataframes 174
8.4 Combining Dataframes 184
8.5 Pivoting Dataframes 193
8.6 The Workbook So Far 205
8.7 Continue Your Learning 207

CHAPTER 9: DATA VISUALIZATION 209

9.1 Introducing Plotnine 209
9.2 Categorical Visualizations 211
9.3 Time Series Visualizations 235
9.4 The Workbook 243
9.5 Continue Your Learning 243

CHAPTER 10: YOUR DIY DATA SCIENCE ROADMAP 245

10.1 You've Got This 245
10.2 The Roadmap 246
10.3 AI with Copilot in Excel 254
10.4 Continue Your Learning 260

INDEX 261