Slicing by dates in Python is a common task when working with time series data. Here's an example of how to slice a pandas DataFrame by date range:
import pandas as pd# Create a sample DataFramedf = pd.DataFrame({ 'date': pd.date_range('2022-01-01', '2022-01-10'), 'value': range(10)})# Set the date column as the indexdf = df.set_index('date')# Slice the DataFrame by date rangestart_date = '2022-01-03'end_date = '2022-01-07'sliced_df = df.loc[start_date:end_date]# Print the sliced DataFrameprint(sliced_df) |
In this example, we create a sample DataFrame with a date column and a value column. We then set the date column as the index using the set_index method. We can then slice the DataFrame by specifying a start date and an end date using the loc method. Finally, we print the sliced DataFrame to the console.
This will output the following:
valuedate2022-01-03 22022-01-04 32022-01-05 42022-01-06 52022-01-07 6 |
This shows us that the DataFrame has been sliced to include only rows with dates between start_date and end_date.