Difference between Pandas .iloc and .loc function
The optimized data access methods are accessed by indexing off of the .loc and .iloc attributes. These two attributes allow label-based and position-based indexing respectively.
When we perform an index operation on the .iloc attribute, it does lookup based on index position (in this case pandas behaves similar to a Python list).
DataFrame operation:
.loc is supposed to be based on the index labels and not the positions. As such, it is analogous to Python dictionary-based indexing. Though it has some additional functionality, as it can accept boolean arrays, slices, and a list of labels (none of which work with a Python dictionary):
Series operation:
If you get confused by .loc and .iloc, remember that .iloc is based the index (starting with i) position. .loc is based on label (starting with l).
