loc in python meaning code example

Example 1: loc and iloc in pandas

iloc - default indexes (system generated)
loc - table indexes or we manually given indexes

Example 2: syntax for loc in python

12       29.6
38       29.6
76       29.6
93       29.6
172      29.6
         ... 
31097    29.6
36812    29.6
38278    29.6
41460    29.6
45698    29.6
Name: mass, Length: 107, dtype: float64

Example 3: loc and iloc in pandas

iloc slicing gives all the data upto the position that is passed as argument
loc gives all the data upto the label that is passed as argument
n = pd.Series([1,2,3,4],index = [0,1,2,3])
print("With iloc we got")
print(n.iloc[:2])
print("With loc we got")
print(n.loc[:2])

<Output>
With iloc we got
0    1
1    2
dtype: int64
With loc we got
0    1
1    2
2    3
dtype: int64