Overview:
- The absolute value of a real number is the distance from zero to its position in the number line. Hence, the real numbers -2 as well as +2 both will have the same distance of 2.
- The absolute value is also called as modulus.
- The absolute value of a complex number is given by the square root of the sum of squares of the real and the complex parts.
Calculating absolute value of a numeric values of a DataFrame using pandas:
- DataFrame.abs() method finds the absolute value for each of the numeric element present in a DataFrame and returns them as another DataFrame.
Example:
import pandas as pd numbers = [(-2, -1 , 0, 1, 2), dataFrame = pd.DataFrame(data=numbers) print("Absolute values of the DataFrame:") |
Output:
DataFrame:
0 1 2 3 4 0 (-2+0j) (-1+0j) 0j (1+0j) 2.0 1 (-1.2+0j) (-1.1+0j) 0j (1.1+0j) 1.2 2 (-3.5+2j) (-3.5-2j) (3.5+2j) (2.5-2j) NaN Absolute values of the DataFrame: 0 1 2 3 4 0 2.000000 1.000000 0.000000 1.000000 2.0 1 1.200000 1.100000 0.000000 1.100000 1.2 2 4.031129 4.031129 4.031129 3.201562 NaN |