drop_duplicates() to delete duplicate values from a series in Pandas

Series.drop_duplicates(keep)

keep Optional ,
'first' default, all duplicates are marked True except first one
'last', all duplicates are marked True except last one
'False',all duplicates are marked True

Series : Deletes duplicate values.
DataFrame :Deletes duplicate rows.
dataframe.drop_duplicates()

Using Series

In our series below, we have one element as duplicate value ( 'Two' )

import pandas as pd
my_data=pd.Series(['One','Two','Three','Two','Four'])
df=my_data.drop_duplicates()
print(df)

Output ( default value of keep is first , keep='first')

0      One
1      Two
2    Three
4     Four
dtype: object

With keep='last', duplicate values are deleted except last one

df=my_data.drop_duplicates(keep='last')
print(df)

0      One
2    Three
3      Two
4     Four
dtype: object

with keep=False , all duplicate values are deleted

df=my_data.drop_duplicates(keep=False)
print(df)

Output

0      One
2    Three
4     Four
dtype: object

inplace=True

By default inplace=False, so our main dataframe my_data is not altered when we use drop_duplicates(). So in above codes we have used another DataFrame df to store the output of drop_duplicates(). By using inplace=True we can modify our main DataFrame my_data

import pandas as pd
my_data=pd.Series(['One','Two','Three','Two','Four'])
my_data.drop_duplicates(keep='last',inplace=True)
print(my_data)

Output

0      One
2    Three
3      Two
4     Four
dtype: object

Data Cleaning

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drop_duplicates() : deleting duplicate values

Using Series

inplace=True

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