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This post updates a previous very popular post 50+ Data Science, Machine Learning Cheat Sheets by Bhavya Geethika. If we missed some popular cheat sheets, add them in the comments below.
Title: Python date: 2020-12-23 18:41:20 icon: icon-python background: bg-blue-600 tags: python categories: Programming intro: The Python cheat sheet is a one-page reference sheet for the Python 3 programming language. This regex cheat sheet is based on Python 3’s documentation on regular expressions. If you’re interested in learning Python, we have free-to-start interactive Beginner and Intermediate Python programming courses you should check out. Regular Expressions for Data Science (PDF) Download the regex cheat sheet here. Python Coding Cheat Sheet Programming isn’t easy, especially if you’re not good at memorization. Depending on the language you are working with, you must recall a fair share of syntax, commands, and functions. Even if you work with code every day, it’s information that’s easy to forget.
Cheatsheets on Python, R and Numpy, Scipy, Pandas
Data science is a multi-disciplinary field. Thus, there are thousands of packages and hundreds of programming functions out there in the data science world! An aspiring data enthusiast need not know all. A cheat sheet or reference card is a compilation of mostly used commands to help you learn that language’s syntax at a faster rate. Here are the most important ones that have been brainstormed and captured in a few compact pages.

Mastering Data science involves understanding of statistics, mathematics, programming knowledge especially in R, Python & SQL and then deploying a combination of all these to derive insights using the business understanding & a human instinct—that drives decisions.
Here are the cheat sheets by category:
Cheat sheets for Python:
Python is a popular choice for beginners, yet still powerful enough to back some of the world’s most popular products and applications. It's design makes the programming experience feel almost as natural as writing in English. Python basics or Python Debugger cheat sheets for beginners covers important syntax to get started. Community-provided libraries such as numpy, scipy, sci-kit and pandas are highly relied on and the NumPy/SciPy/Pandas Cheat Sheet provides a quick refresher to these.
- Python Cheat Sheet by DaveChild via cheatography.com
- Python Basics Reference sheet via cogsci.rpi.edu
- OverAPI.com Python cheatsheet
- Python 3 Cheat Sheet by Laurent Pointal
Cheat sheets for R:
The R's ecosystem has been expanding so much that a lot of referencing is needed. The R Reference Card covers most of the R world in few pages. The Rstudio has also published a series of cheat sheets to make it easier for the R community. The data visualization with ggplot2 seems to be a favorite as it helps when you are working on creating graphs of your results.
At cran.r-project.org:
At Rstudio.com:
- R markdown cheatsheet, part 2
Others:

- DataCamp’s Data Analysis the data.table way
Cheat sheets for MySQL & SQL:
For a data scientist basics of SQL are as important as any other language as well. Both PIG and Hive Query Language are closely associated with SQL- the original Structured Query Language. SQL cheatsheets provide a 5 minute quick guide to learning it and then you may explore Hive & MySQL!
- SQL for dummies cheat sheet
Cheat sheets for Spark, Scala, Java:

Apache Spark is an engine for large-scale data processing. For certain applications, such as iterative machine learning, Spark can be up to 100x faster than Hadoop (using MapReduce). The essentials of Apache Spark cheatsheet explains its place in the big data ecosystem, walks through setup and creation of a basic Spark application, and explains commonly used actions and operations.
- Dzone.com’s Apache Spark reference card
- DZone.com’s Scala reference card
- Openkd.info’s Scala on Spark cheat sheet
- Java cheat sheet at MIT.edu
- Cheat Sheets for Java at Princeton.edu
Cheat sheets for Hadoop & Hive:
Hadoop emerged as an untraditional tool to solve what was thought to be unsolvable by providing an open source software framework for the parallel processing of massive amounts of data. Explore the Hadoop cheatsheets to find out Useful commands when using Hadoop on the command line. A combination of SQL & Hive functions is another one to check out.
Cheat sheets for web application framework Django:
Django is a free and open source web application framework, written in Python. If you are new to Django, you can go over these cheatsheets and brainstorm quick concepts and dive in each one to a deeper level.
- Django cheat sheet part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4
Cheat sheets for Machine learning:
We often find ourselves spending time thinking which algorithm is best? And then go back to our big books for reference! These cheat sheets gives an idea about both the nature of your data and the problem you're working to address, and then suggests an algorithm for you to try.
- Machine Learning cheat sheet at scikit-learn.org
- Scikit-Learn Cheat Sheet: Python Machine Learning from yhat (added by GP)
- Patterns for Predictive Learning cheat sheet at Dzone.com
- Equations and tricks Machine Learning cheat sheet at Github.com
- Supervised learning superstitions cheatsheet at Github.com
Cheat sheets for Matlab/Octave
MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory) was developed by MathWorks in 1984. Matlab d has been the most popular language for numeric computation used in academia. It is suitable for tackling basically every possible science and engineering task with several highly optimized toolboxes. MATLAB is not an open-sourced tool however there is an alternative free GNU Octave re-implementation that follows the same syntactic rules so that most of coding is compatible to MATLAB.
Cheat sheets for Cross Reference between languages
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Cheat sheets can be really helpful when you’re trying a set of exercises related to a specific topic, or working on a project. Because you can only fit so much information on a single sheet of paper, most cheat sheets are a simple listing of syntax rules. This set of cheat sheets aims to remind you of syntax rules, but also remind you of important concepts as well. You can click here and download all of the original sheets in a single document.
Regex Cheat Sheet Pdf
A more recently updated version of these sheets (April 2021) is available through Leanpub. The updated version includes a sheet that focuses on Git basics, a printer-friendly b&w version of each sheet, and each sheet as a separate document. There is an option to download the fully updated set at no cost.
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Overview Sheet
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet
- Provides an overview of the basics of Python including variables, lists, dictionaries, functions, classes, and more.
Python Basics
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Lists
- Focuses on lists: how to build and modify a list, access elements from a list, and loop through the values in a list. Also covers numerical lists, list comprehensions, tuples, and more.
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Dictionaries
- Focuses on dictionaries: how to build and modify a dictionary, access the information in a dictionary, and loop through dictionaries in a variety of ways. Includes sections on nesting lists and dictionaries, using dictionary comprehensions, and more.
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - If Statements and While Loops
- Focuses on if statements and while loops: how to write conditional tests with strings and numerical data, how to write simple and complex if statements, and how to accept user input. Also covers a variety of approaches to using while loops.
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Functions
- Focuses on functions: how to define a function and how to pass information to a function. Covers positional and keyword arguments, return values, passing lists, using modules, and more
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Classes
- Focuses on classes: how to define and use a class. Covers attributes and methods, inheritance and importing, and more.
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Files and Exceptions
- Focuses on working with files, and using exceptions to handle errors that might arise as your programs run. Covers reading and writing to files, try-except-else blocks, and storing data using the json module.
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Testing Your Code
- Focuses on unit tests and test cases. How to test a function, and how to test a class.
Project-Focused Sheets
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- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Pygame
- Focuses on creating games with Pygame. Creating a game window, rect objects, images, responding to keyboard and mouse input, groups, detecting collisions between game elements, and rendering text
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Matplotlib
- Focuses on creating visualizations with Matplotlib. Making line graphs and scatter plots, customizing plots, making multiple plots, and working with time-based data.
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Plotly
- Focuses on creating visualizations with Plotly. Making line graphs, scatter plots, and bar graphs, styling plots, making multiple plots, and working with geographical datasets.
- Beginner’s Python Cheat Sheet - Django
- Focuses on creating web apps with Django. Installing Django and starting a project, working with models, building a home page, using templates, using data, and making user accounts.
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