Pandas: Data Manipulation - period_range() function

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period_range() function

The period_range() function is used to concatenate pandas objects along a particular axis with optional set logic along the other axes.

Syntax:

pandas.period_range(start=None, end=None, periods=None, freq=None, name=None)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type / Default Value	Required / Optional
start	Left bound for generating periods	string or period-like Default Value: None	Required
end	Right bound for generating periods	string or period-like Default Value: None	Required
periods	Number of periods to generate.	integer Default Value: None	Required
freq	Frequency alias. By default the freq is taken from start or end if those are Period objects. Otherwise, the default is "D" for daily frequency.	string or DateOffset	Optional
name	Name of the resulting PeriodIndex	string Default Value: None	Required

Returns: prng - PeriodIndex

Notes

Of the three parameters: start, end, and periods, exactly two must be specified.

Example:

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