Pandas 2.0: A Game-Changer for Data Scientists?

<p><strong>Due to its extensive functionality and versatility,&nbsp;</strong><code>pandas</code><strong>&nbsp;has secured a place in every data scientist&rsquo;s heart.</strong></p> <p>From data input/output to data cleaning and transformation, it&rsquo;s nearly impossible to think about data manipulation without&nbsp;<code>import pandas as pd</code>,&nbsp;<em>right</em>?</p> <p><em>Now, bear with me:</em>&nbsp;with such a buzz around LLMs over the past months, I have somehow let slide the fact that&nbsp;<code>pandas</code>&nbsp;has just undergone a major release! Yep,&nbsp;<code>pandas 2.0</code>&nbsp;<a href="https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/dev/whatsnew/v2.0.0.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">is out and came with guns blazing</a>!</p> <p>Although I wasn&rsquo;t aware of all the hype, the&nbsp;<a href="https://tiny.ydata.ai/dcai-medium" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Data-Centric AI Community&nbsp;</a>promptly came to the rescue:</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/1*FupguULZd5TceCbWPPq9lg.png" style="width:700px" /></p> <p>The 2.0 release seems to have created quite an impact in the data science community, with a lot of users praising the modifications added in the new version. Screenshot by Author.</p> <p><strong>Fun fact:</strong>&nbsp;<em>Were you aware this release was in the making for an astonishing 3 years? Now that&rsquo;s what I call &ldquo;commitment to the community&rdquo;!</em></p> <p><a href="https://towardsdatascience.com/pandas-2-0-a-game-changer-for-data-scientists-3cd281fcc4b4"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>