Is it a good idea to iterate over a Pandas DataFrame? If not, what are the critical factors to consider before iterating?
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No, Iterating over pandas dataframe is not a good practice. We have to iterate only when it is essential. The iteration procedure in DataFrames is quite inefficient. Pandas has a variety of methods that can be used to execute an action without iterating.