Splitting a Column
Learn how to split columns using Python.
Introduction
The process of splitting a column involves breaking up a single column in a DataFrame into multiple columns. For example, we can split a Full Name column into the First Name and Last Name columns based on the space delimiter. We perform this operation using the str.split() method, which takes a delimiter as an input and returns a DataFrame with each element in the split separated into an individual column, i.e., df[['Last Name', 'First Name']] = df['Full Name'].str.split(' '). The goal of splitting a column is to make it easier to visualize and analyze data.
Splitting a single column
To split a single column into multiple columns, we use the split() method. In addition, by using the expand parameter, we can create new columns for each element in the split.
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