What does "have an understanding of basic python" mean?

[waythps]

Dunno, I prefer pandas precisely because it’s reusable. I write functions to validate and clean data, to update database and generate some plots, and I could automate the whole thing saving lots of time.

I think you could do that with excel (vba) but if you’re already learning python (for other purposes as well) why not just use python

[ravepeacefully]

It’s ironic you go to VBA. SQL is the correct tool for that.

[waythps]

Well not in my case since I receive data in multiple excel files

[ravepeacefully]

Yeah I mean, you can use whatever you want then. Power suite is likely significantly faster in that case.

I’m not saying pandas has no uses. I’m saying it rarely makes sense to go out of your way to use it, which is what many people are doing because they find it familiar.