DOC: add more examples to StringMethods on Index #9858
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| Since the column of a DataFrame is an Index object, we can use the .str accessor |
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maybe "column names" instead of "columns"?
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@shoyer good idea, it's updated |
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| Since ``df.columns`` is an Index object, we can use the .str accessor |
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| The string methods on Index are especially useful for cleaning up or | |||
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This looks great to me! I'll just hold off on merging until Joris can take a look. |
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Looks good, thanks a lot! |
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as discussed in #9667
@jorisvandenbossche please take a look, thanks