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Joins

join combines frames on keys with explicit join strategies.

Intermediate 10 min read Lesson 4 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • Use join(other, on=...).
  • Choose how.
  • Validate cardinality.

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join combines frames on keys with explicit join strategies.

  • Use join(other, on=...).
  • Choose how.
  • Validate cardinality.
join.pyPython
courses = pl.DataFrame({'slug': ['css'], 'title': ['CSS']})
print(df.join(courses, left_on='course', right_on='slug', how='left'))
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Answer from memory: Which argument controls join type?

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