From 3bfa3655193b6e56466f9d19ed6692d14f4f0c5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Beazley Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 21:24:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Editing --- Notes/01_Introduction/06_Files.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Notes/01_Introduction/06_Files.md b/Notes/01_Introduction/06_Files.md index 2edb98c..fbcf449 100644 --- a/Notes/01_Introduction/06_Files.md +++ b/Notes/01_Introduction/06_Files.md @@ -228,4 +228,18 @@ Try it: >>> ``` +### Commentary: Shouldn't we being using Pandas for this? + +Data scientists are quick to point out that libraries like +[Pandas](https://pandas.pydata.org) already have a function for +reading CSV files. This is true--and it works pretty well. +However, this is not a course on learning Pandas. Reading files +is a more general problem than the specifics of CSV files. +The main reason we're working with a CSV file is that it's a +familiar format to most coders and it's relatively easy to work with +directly--illustrating many Python features in the process. +So, by all means use Pandas when you go back to work. For the +rest of this course however, we're going to stick with standard +Python functionality. + [Contents](../Contents) \| [Previous (1.5 Lists)](05_Lists) \| [Next (1.7 Functions)](07_Functions)