Comparison with SQL#
Since many potential pandas users have some familiarity with SQL, this page is meant to provide some examples of how various SQL operations would be performed using pandas.
If you’re new to pandas, you might want to first read through 10 Minutes to pandas to familiarize yourself with the library.
As is customary, we import pandas and NumPy as follows:
In [1]: import pandas as pd
In [2]: import numpy as np
Most of the examples will utilize the tips dataset found within pandas tests. We’ll read
the data into a DataFrame called tips and assume we have a database table of the same name and
structure.
In [3]: url = (
...: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pandas-dev"
...: "/pandas/main/pandas/tests/io/data/csv/tips.csv"
...: )
...:
In [4]: tips = pd.read_csv(url)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ConnectionRefusedError Traceback (most recent call last)
File /usr/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py:1319, in AbstractHTTPHandler.do_open(self, http_class, req, **http_conn_args)
1318 try:
-> 1319 h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers,
1320 encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
1321 except OSError as err: # timeout error
File /usr/lib/python3.13/http/client.py:1338, in HTTPConnection.request(self, method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
1337 """Send a complete request to the server."""
-> 1338 self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
File /usr/lib/python3.13/http/client.py:1384, in HTTPConnection._send_request(self, method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
1383 body = _encode(body, 'body')
-> 1384 self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File /usr/lib/python3.13/http/client.py:1333, in HTTPConnection.endheaders(self, message_body, encode_chunked)
1332 raise CannotSendHeader()
-> 1333 self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
File /usr/lib/python3.13/http/client.py:1093, in HTTPConnection._send_output(self, message_body, encode_chunked)
1092 del self._buffer[:]
-> 1093 self.send(msg)
1095 if message_body is not None:
1096
1097 # create a consistent interface to message_body
File /usr/lib/python3.13/http/client.py:1037, in HTTPConnection.send(self, data)
1036 if self.auto_open:
-> 1037 self.connect()
1038 else:
File /usr/lib/python3.13/http/client.py:1472, in HTTPSConnection.connect(self)
1470 "Connect to a host on a given (SSL) port."
-> 1472 super().connect()
1474 if self._tunnel_host:
File /usr/lib/python3.13/http/client.py:1003, in HTTPConnection.connect(self)
1002 sys.audit("http.client.connect", self, self.host, self.port)
-> 1003 self.sock = self._create_connection(
1004 (self.host,self.port), self.timeout, self.source_address)
1005 # Might fail in OSs that don't implement TCP_NODELAY
File /usr/lib/python3.13/socket.py:864, in create_connection(address, timeout, source_address, all_errors)
863 if not all_errors:
--> 864 raise exceptions[0]
865 raise ExceptionGroup("create_connection failed", exceptions)
File /usr/lib/python3.13/socket.py:849, in create_connection(address, timeout, source_address, all_errors)
848 sock.bind(source_address)
--> 849 sock.connect(sa)
850 # Break explicitly a reference cycle
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
URLError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[4], line 1
----> 1 tips = pd.read_csv(url)
File /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py:1026, in read_csv(filepath_or_buffer, sep, delimiter, header, names, index_col, usecols, dtype, engine, converters, true_values, false_values, skipinitialspace, skiprows, skipfooter, nrows, na_values, keep_default_na, na_filter, verbose, skip_blank_lines, parse_dates, infer_datetime_format, keep_date_col, date_parser, date_format, dayfirst, cache_dates, iterator, chunksize, compression, thousands, decimal, lineterminator, quotechar, quoting, doublequote, escapechar, comment, encoding, encoding_errors, dialect, on_bad_lines, delim_whitespace, low_memory, memory_map, float_precision, storage_options, dtype_backend)
1013 kwds_defaults = _refine_defaults_read(
1014 dialect,
1015 delimiter,
(...)
1022 dtype_backend=dtype_backend,
1023 )
1024 kwds.update(kwds_defaults)
-> 1026 return _read(filepath_or_buffer, kwds)
File /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py:620, in _read(filepath_or_buffer, kwds)
617 _validate_names(kwds.get("names", None))
619 # Create the parser.
--> 620 parser = TextFileReader(filepath_or_buffer, **kwds)
622 if chunksize or iterator:
623 return parser
File /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py:1620, in TextFileReader.__init__(self, f, engine, **kwds)
1617 self.options["has_index_names"] = kwds["has_index_names"]
1619 self.handles: IOHandles | None = None
-> 1620 self._engine = self._make_engine(f, self.engine)
File /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pandas/io/parsers/readers.py:1880, in TextFileReader._make_engine(self, f, engine)
1878 if "b" not in mode:
1879 mode += "b"
-> 1880 self.handles = get_handle(
1881 f,
1882 mode,
1883 encoding=self.options.get("encoding", None),
1884 compression=self.options.get("compression", None),
1885 memory_map=self.options.get("memory_map", False),
1886 is_text=is_text,
1887 errors=self.options.get("encoding_errors", "strict"),
1888 storage_options=self.options.get("storage_options", None),
1889 )
1890 assert self.handles is not None
1891 f = self.handles.handle
File /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pandas/io/common.py:728, in get_handle(path_or_buf, mode, encoding, compression, memory_map, is_text, errors, storage_options)
725 codecs.lookup_error(errors)
727 # open URLs
--> 728 ioargs = _get_filepath_or_buffer(
729 path_or_buf,
730 encoding=encoding,
731 compression=compression,
732 mode=mode,
733 storage_options=storage_options,
734 )
736 handle = ioargs.filepath_or_buffer
737 handles: list[BaseBuffer]
File /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pandas/io/common.py:384, in _get_filepath_or_buffer(filepath_or_buffer, encoding, compression, mode, storage_options)
382 # assuming storage_options is to be interpreted as headers
383 req_info = urllib.request.Request(filepath_or_buffer, headers=storage_options)
--> 384 with urlopen(req_info) as req:
385 content_encoding = req.headers.get("Content-Encoding", None)
386 if content_encoding == "gzip":
387 # Override compression based on Content-Encoding header
File /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pandas/io/common.py:289, in urlopen(*args, **kwargs)
283 """
284 Lazy-import wrapper for stdlib urlopen, as that imports a big chunk of
285 the stdlib.
286 """
287 import urllib.request
--> 289 return urllib.request.urlopen(*args, **kwargs)
File /usr/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py:189, in urlopen(url, data, timeout, context)
187 else:
188 opener = _opener
--> 189 return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File /usr/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py:489, in OpenerDirector.open(self, fullurl, data, timeout)
486 req = meth(req)
488 sys.audit('urllib.Request', req.full_url, req.data, req.headers, req.get_method())
--> 489 response = self._open(req, data)
491 # post-process response
492 meth_name = protocol+"_response"
File /usr/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py:506, in OpenerDirector._open(self, req, data)
503 return result
505 protocol = req.type
--> 506 result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol +
507 '_open', req)
508 if result:
509 return result
File /usr/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py:466, in OpenerDirector._call_chain(self, chain, kind, meth_name, *args)
464 for handler in handlers:
465 func = getattr(handler, meth_name)
--> 466 result = func(*args)
467 if result is not None:
468 return result
File /usr/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py:1367, in HTTPSHandler.https_open(self, req)
1366 def https_open(self, req):
-> 1367 return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPSConnection, req,
1368 context=self._context)
File /usr/lib/python3.13/urllib/request.py:1322, in AbstractHTTPHandler.do_open(self, http_class, req, **http_conn_args)
1319 h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers,
1320 encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
1321 except OSError as err: # timeout error
-> 1322 raise URLError(err)
1323 r = h.getresponse()
1324 except:
URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>
In [5]: tips
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[5], line 1
----> 1 tips
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
Copies vs. in place operations#
Most pandas operations return copies of the Series/DataFrame. To make the changes “stick”,
you’ll need to either assign to a new variable:
sorted_df = df.sort_values("col1")
or overwrite the original one:
df = df.sort_values("col1")
Note
You will see an inplace=True or copy=False keyword argument available for
some methods:
df.replace(5, inplace=True)
There is an active discussion about deprecating and removing inplace and copy for
most methods (e.g. dropna) except for a very small subset of methods
(including replace). Both keywords won’t be
necessary anymore in the context of Copy-on-Write. The proposal can be found
here.
SELECT#
In SQL, selection is done using a comma-separated list of columns you’d like to select (or a *
to select all columns):
SELECT total_bill, tip, smoker, time
FROM tips;
With pandas, column selection is done by passing a list of column names to your DataFrame:
In [6]: tips[["total_bill", "tip", "smoker", "time"]]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[6], line 1
----> 1 tips[["total_bill", "tip", "smoker", "time"]]
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
Calling the DataFrame without the list of column names would display all columns (akin to SQL’s
*).
In SQL, you can add a calculated column:
SELECT *, tip/total_bill as tip_rate
FROM tips;
With pandas, you can use the DataFrame.assign() method of a DataFrame to append a new column:
In [7]: tips.assign(tip_rate=tips["tip"] / tips["total_bill"])
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[7], line 1
----> 1 tips.assign(tip_rate=tips["tip"] / tips["total_bill"])
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
WHERE#
Filtering in SQL is done via a WHERE clause.
SELECT *
FROM tips
WHERE time = 'Dinner';
DataFrames can be filtered in multiple ways; the most intuitive of which is using boolean indexing.
In [8]: tips[tips["total_bill"] > 10]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[8], line 1
----> 1 tips[tips["total_bill"] > 10]
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
The above statement is simply passing a Series of True/False objects to the DataFrame,
returning all rows with True.
In [9]: is_dinner = tips["time"] == "Dinner"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[9], line 1
----> 1 is_dinner = tips["time"] == "Dinner"
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
In [10]: is_dinner
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[10], line 1
----> 1 is_dinner
NameError: name 'is_dinner' is not defined
In [11]: is_dinner.value_counts()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[11], line 1
----> 1 is_dinner.value_counts()
NameError: name 'is_dinner' is not defined
In [12]: tips[is_dinner]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[12], line 1
----> 1 tips[is_dinner]
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
Just like SQL’s OR and AND, multiple conditions can be passed to a DataFrame using |
(OR) and & (AND).
Tips of more than $5 at Dinner meals:
SELECT *
FROM tips
WHERE time = 'Dinner' AND tip > 5.00;
In [13]: tips[(tips["time"] == "Dinner") & (tips["tip"] > 5.00)]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[13], line 1
----> 1 tips[(tips["time"] == "Dinner") & (tips["tip"] > 5.00)]
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
Tips by parties of at least 5 diners OR bill total was more than $45:
SELECT *
FROM tips
WHERE size >= 5 OR total_bill > 45;
In [14]: tips[(tips["size"] >= 5) | (tips["total_bill"] > 45)]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[14], line 1
----> 1 tips[(tips["size"] >= 5) | (tips["total_bill"] > 45)]
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
NULL checking is done using the notna() and isna()
methods.
In [15]: frame = pd.DataFrame(
....: {"col1": ["A", "B", np.nan, "C", "D"], "col2": ["F", np.nan, "G", "H", "I"]}
....: )
....:
In [16]: frame
Out[16]:
col1 col2
0 A F
1 B NaN
2 NaN G
3 C H
4 D I
Assume we have a table of the same structure as our DataFrame above. We can see only the records
where col2 IS NULL with the following query:
SELECT *
FROM frame
WHERE col2 IS NULL;
In [17]: frame[frame["col2"].isna()]
Out[17]:
col1 col2
1 B NaN
Getting items where col1 IS NOT NULL can be done with notna().
SELECT *
FROM frame
WHERE col1 IS NOT NULL;
In [18]: frame[frame["col1"].notna()]
Out[18]:
col1 col2
0 A F
1 B NaN
3 C H
4 D I
GROUP BY#
In pandas, SQL’s GROUP BY operations are performed using the similarly named
groupby() method. groupby() typically refers to a
process where we’d like to split a dataset into groups, apply some function (typically aggregation)
, and then combine the groups together.
A common SQL operation would be getting the count of records in each group throughout a dataset. For instance, a query getting us the number of tips left by sex:
SELECT sex, count(*)
FROM tips
GROUP BY sex;
/*
Female 87
Male 157
*/
The pandas equivalent would be:
In [19]: tips.groupby("sex").size()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[19], line 1
----> 1 tips.groupby("sex").size()
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
Notice that in the pandas code we used DataFrameGroupBy.size() and not
DataFrameGroupBy.count(). This is because
DataFrameGroupBy.count() applies the function to each column, returning
the number of NOT NULL records within each.
In [20]: tips.groupby("sex").count()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[20], line 1
----> 1 tips.groupby("sex").count()
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
Alternatively, we could have applied the DataFrameGroupBy.count() method
to an individual column:
In [21]: tips.groupby("sex")["total_bill"].count()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[21], line 1
----> 1 tips.groupby("sex")["total_bill"].count()
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
Multiple functions can also be applied at once. For instance, say we’d like to see how tip amount
differs by day of the week - DataFrameGroupBy.agg() allows you to pass a dictionary
to your grouped DataFrame, indicating which functions to apply to specific columns.
SELECT day, AVG(tip), COUNT(*)
FROM tips
GROUP BY day;
/*
Fri 2.734737 19
Sat 2.993103 87
Sun 3.255132 76
Thu 2.771452 62
*/
In [22]: tips.groupby("day").agg({"tip": "mean", "day": "size"})
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[22], line 1
----> 1 tips.groupby("day").agg({"tip": "mean", "day": "size"})
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
Grouping by more than one column is done by passing a list of columns to the
groupby() method.
SELECT smoker, day, COUNT(*), AVG(tip)
FROM tips
GROUP BY smoker, day;
/*
smoker day
No Fri 4 2.812500
Sat 45 3.102889
Sun 57 3.167895
Thu 45 2.673778
Yes Fri 15 2.714000
Sat 42 2.875476
Sun 19 3.516842
Thu 17 3.030000
*/
In [23]: tips.groupby(["smoker", "day"]).agg({"tip": ["size", "mean"]})
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[23], line 1
----> 1 tips.groupby(["smoker", "day"]).agg({"tip": ["size", "mean"]})
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
JOIN#
JOINs can be performed with join() or merge(). By
default, join() will join the DataFrames on their indices. Each method has
parameters allowing you to specify the type of join to perform (LEFT, RIGHT, INNER,
FULL) or the columns to join on (column names or indices).
Warning
If both key columns contain rows where the key is a null value, those rows will be matched against each other. This is different from usual SQL join behaviour and can lead to unexpected results.
In [24]: df1 = pd.DataFrame({"key": ["A", "B", "C", "D"], "value": np.random.randn(4)})
In [25]: df2 = pd.DataFrame({"key": ["B", "D", "D", "E"], "value": np.random.randn(4)})
Assume we have two database tables of the same name and structure as our DataFrames.
Now let’s go over the various types of JOINs.
INNER JOIN#
SELECT *
FROM df1
INNER JOIN df2
ON df1.key = df2.key;
# merge performs an INNER JOIN by default
In [26]: pd.merge(df1, df2, on="key")
Out[26]:
key value_x value_y
0 B -0.282863 1.212112
1 D -1.135632 -0.173215
2 D -1.135632 0.119209
merge() also offers parameters for cases when you’d like to join one DataFrame’s
column with another DataFrame’s index.
In [27]: indexed_df2 = df2.set_index("key")
In [28]: pd.merge(df1, indexed_df2, left_on="key", right_index=True)
Out[28]:
key value_x value_y
1 B -0.282863 1.212112
3 D -1.135632 -0.173215
3 D -1.135632 0.119209
LEFT OUTER JOIN#
Show all records from df1.
SELECT *
FROM df1
LEFT OUTER JOIN df2
ON df1.key = df2.key;
In [29]: pd.merge(df1, df2, on="key", how="left")
Out[29]:
key value_x value_y
0 A 0.469112 NaN
1 B -0.282863 1.212112
2 C -1.509059 NaN
3 D -1.135632 -0.173215
4 D -1.135632 0.119209
RIGHT JOIN#
Show all records from df2.
SELECT *
FROM df1
RIGHT OUTER JOIN df2
ON df1.key = df2.key;
In [30]: pd.merge(df1, df2, on="key", how="right")
Out[30]:
key value_x value_y
0 B -0.282863 1.212112
1 D -1.135632 -0.173215
2 D -1.135632 0.119209
3 E NaN -1.044236
FULL JOIN#
pandas also allows for FULL JOINs, which display both sides of the dataset, whether or not the
joined columns find a match. As of writing, FULL JOINs are not supported in all RDBMS (MySQL).
Show all records from both tables.
SELECT *
FROM df1
FULL OUTER JOIN df2
ON df1.key = df2.key;
In [31]: pd.merge(df1, df2, on="key", how="outer")
Out[31]:
key value_x value_y
0 A 0.469112 NaN
1 B -0.282863 1.212112
2 C -1.509059 NaN
3 D -1.135632 -0.173215
4 D -1.135632 0.119209
5 E NaN -1.044236
UNION#
UNION ALL can be performed using concat().
In [32]: df1 = pd.DataFrame(
....: {"city": ["Chicago", "San Francisco", "New York City"], "rank": range(1, 4)}
....: )
....:
In [33]: df2 = pd.DataFrame(
....: {"city": ["Chicago", "Boston", "Los Angeles"], "rank": [1, 4, 5]}
....: )
....:
SELECT city, rank
FROM df1
UNION ALL
SELECT city, rank
FROM df2;
/*
city rank
Chicago 1
San Francisco 2
New York City 3
Chicago 1
Boston 4
Los Angeles 5
*/
In [34]: pd.concat([df1, df2])
Out[34]:
city rank
0 Chicago 1
1 San Francisco 2
2 New York City 3
0 Chicago 1
1 Boston 4
2 Los Angeles 5
SQL’s UNION is similar to UNION ALL, however UNION will remove duplicate rows.
SELECT city, rank
FROM df1
UNION
SELECT city, rank
FROM df2;
-- notice that there is only one Chicago record this time
/*
city rank
Chicago 1
San Francisco 2
New York City 3
Boston 4
Los Angeles 5
*/
In pandas, you can use concat() in conjunction with
drop_duplicates().
In [35]: pd.concat([df1, df2]).drop_duplicates()
Out[35]:
city rank
0 Chicago 1
1 San Francisco 2
2 New York City 3
1 Boston 4
2 Los Angeles 5
LIMIT#
SELECT * FROM tips
LIMIT 10;
In [36]: tips.head(10)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[36], line 1
----> 1 tips.head(10)
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
pandas equivalents for some SQL analytic and aggregate functions#
Top n rows with offset#
-- MySQL
SELECT * FROM tips
ORDER BY tip DESC
LIMIT 10 OFFSET 5;
In [37]: tips.nlargest(10 + 5, columns="tip").tail(10)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[37], line 1
----> 1 tips.nlargest(10 + 5, columns="tip").tail(10)
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
Top n rows per group#
-- Oracle's ROW_NUMBER() analytic function
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT
t.*,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY day ORDER BY total_bill DESC) AS rn
FROM tips t
)
WHERE rn < 3
ORDER BY day, rn;
In [38]: (
....: tips.assign(
....: rn=tips.sort_values(["total_bill"], ascending=False)
....: .groupby(["day"])
....: .cumcount()
....: + 1
....: )
....: .query("rn < 3")
....: .sort_values(["day", "rn"])
....: )
....:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[38], line 2
1 (
----> 2 tips.assign(
3 rn=tips.sort_values(["total_bill"], ascending=False)
4 .groupby(["day"])
5 .cumcount()
6 + 1
7 )
8 .query("rn < 3")
9 .sort_values(["day", "rn"])
10 )
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
the same using rank(method='first') function
In [39]: (
....: tips.assign(
....: rnk=tips.groupby(["day"])["total_bill"].rank(
....: method="first", ascending=False
....: )
....: )
....: .query("rnk < 3")
....: .sort_values(["day", "rnk"])
....: )
....:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[39], line 2
1 (
----> 2 tips.assign(
3 rnk=tips.groupby(["day"])["total_bill"].rank(
4 method="first", ascending=False
5 )
6 )
7 .query("rnk < 3")
8 .sort_values(["day", "rnk"])
9 )
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
-- Oracle's RANK() analytic function
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT
t.*,
RANK() OVER(PARTITION BY sex ORDER BY tip) AS rnk
FROM tips t
WHERE tip < 2
)
WHERE rnk < 3
ORDER BY sex, rnk;
Let’s find tips with (rank < 3) per gender group for (tips < 2).
Notice that when using rank(method='min') function
rnk_min remains the same for the same tip
(as Oracle’s RANK() function)
In [40]: (
....: tips[tips["tip"] < 2]
....: .assign(rnk_min=tips.groupby(["sex"])["tip"].rank(method="min"))
....: .query("rnk_min < 3")
....: .sort_values(["sex", "rnk_min"])
....: )
....:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[40], line 2
1 (
----> 2 tips[tips["tip"] < 2]
3 .assign(rnk_min=tips.groupby(["sex"])["tip"].rank(method="min"))
4 .query("rnk_min < 3")
5 .sort_values(["sex", "rnk_min"])
6 )
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
UPDATE#
UPDATE tips
SET tip = tip*2
WHERE tip < 2;
In [41]: tips.loc[tips["tip"] < 2, "tip"] *= 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[41], line 1
----> 1 tips.loc[tips["tip"] < 2, "tip"] *= 2
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined
DELETE#
DELETE FROM tips
WHERE tip > 9;
In pandas we select the rows that should remain instead of deleting them:
In [42]: tips = tips.loc[tips["tip"] <= 9]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[42], line 1
----> 1 tips = tips.loc[tips["tip"] <= 9]
NameError: name 'tips' is not defined