Strings vs. Symbols in Julia’s DataFrames

In DataFrames.jl you can use both symbols and strings for column indexing. Which
to choose is one of the topics that new users ask about most frequently. In this
post I will explain why both options are supported and what is a difference
between them. Not… Read more

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