Well, somehow it’s May and I’ve yet to share anything new. I’m a bit behind my goal of 12 posts for the year but I suppose there’s still time! Since starting at Pinterest, I’ve found myself putting down R and using much more Python. We have an awesome Jupyter setup with some internal libraries, notebook … Continue reading My Top 3 Methods & Functions From Pandas & Numpy
Tag: Pandas
Finding Problematic Tweets with Tweepy
How many times have you said something you’ve later regretted? On top of that, how many times have you’ve posted something on Social Media that you’ve later regretted? Unfortunately, it’s probably happened to just about everyone and to make things just a bit worse, just about everything is saved on Social Media. Athletes such as … Continue reading Finding Problematic Tweets with Tweepy
“Intermediate” Excel With Python
In my last post, I shared some examples of "Intermediate” Excel functions in R, focusing on pivot tables and Vlookup. This week, I’m going to look at the same skills but in Python. While R and Python have some similarities, they certainly have their differences as well. I’ll try to point out the subtle differences … Continue reading “Intermediate” Excel With Python
Pesky Date Formats
If you’ve worked with Excel and/or with data for a while, you’ve probably dealt with pesky date formats. Dates come in a variety of makes and models including “d/m/y”, “mm/dd/yy”, “yyyy-mm-dd” and on and on. There’s nothing worse than opening Excel, applying filters, then dropping the filter menu down to find that Excel is reading … Continue reading Pesky Date Formats
