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Data sets can get large quickly. You can quickly go from looking at:

  • a few 100 lines and a handful of columns to…
  • a million lines and with hundred of columns.

Python Pandas (with smart use of Categories) can enable one to reduce the size of ones data in memory by up to 90%.

This repository contains a tutorial and supporting scripts to showcase the power of python pandas with categories.

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