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Excel vs SQL vs Python (pandas): 1️⃣ Filtering Data ↳ Excel: =FILTER(A2:D100, B2:B100>50) (Excel 365 users) ↳ SQL: SELECT * FROM table WHERE column > 50; ↳ Python: df_filtered = df[df['column'] > 50] 2️⃣ Sorting Data ↳ Excel: Data → Sort (or =SORT(A2:A100, 1, TRUE)) ↳ SQL: SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY column ASC; ↳ Python: df_sorted = df.sort_values(by="column") 3️⃣ Counting Rows ↳ Excel: =COUNTA(A:A) ↳ SQL: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table; ↳ Python: row_count = len(df) 4️⃣ Removing Duplicates ↳ Excel: Data → Remove Duplicates ↳ SQL: SELECT DISTINCT * FROM table; ↳ Python: df_unique = df.drop_duplicates() 5️⃣ Joining Tables ↳ Excel: Power Query → Merge Queries (or VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP) ↳ SQL: SELECT * FROM table1 JOIN table2 ON table1.id = table2.id; ↳ Python: df_merged = pd.merge(df1, df2, on="id") 6️⃣ Ranking Data ↳ Excel: =RANK.EQ(A2, $A$2:$A$100) ↳ SQL: SELECT column, RANK() OVER (ORDER BY column DESC) AS rank FROM table; ↳ Python: df["rank"] = df["column"].rank(method="min", ascending=False) 7️⃣ Moving Average Calculation ↳ Excel: =AVERAGE(B2:B4) (manually for rolling window) ↳ SQL: SELECT date, AVG(value) OVER (ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 2 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS moving_avg FROM table; ↳ Python: df["moving_avg"] = df["value"].rolling(window=3).mean() 8️⃣ Running Total ↳ Excel: =SUM($B$2:B2) (drag down) ↳ SQL: SELECT date, SUM(value) OVER (ORDER BY date) AS running_total FROM table; ↳ Python: df["running_total"] = df["value"].cumsum()

Did You Know❓ Python's int type has no size limit (unlike many languages with fixed-size integers like 32-bit or 64-bit). It can handle arbitrarily large integers, constrained only by your system's memory. This is due to Python's internal use of a variable-length encoding for integers.

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