In a pandas dataframe, when I want to change the original dataframe, i.e by changing formatting of columns, adding/dropping columns, use substring on a column, I am not sure when I need to use inplace=True and when I don't need this argument?
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Also see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45570984/pandas-is-inplace-true-considered-harmful-or-not – cs95 Jun 26 '18 at 16:15
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@coldspeed Consider changing your name to `lightspeed` – ababuji Jun 26 '18 at 16:16
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You don't need inplace=True... you rarely ever will. It was a mistake adding it into the API. – cs95 Jun 26 '18 at 16:16