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+import pandas as pd 
+
+# reading csv file into python
+df= pd.read_csv("c:\PROJECT\Drug_Recommendation_System\drug_recommendation_system\Drugs_Review_Datasets.csv") # Replace the path with your own file path
+
+print(df)
+
+# Basic functions
+print(df.info()) # Provides a short summary of the DataFrame
+print(df.head()) # prints first 5 rows 
+print(df.tail()) # prints last 5 rows 
+print(df.describe()) #statistical summary of numeric columns
+print(df.columns) # Returns column names
+print(df.shape) # Returns the number of rows and columnsrr
+
+print(help(pd)) # Use help(pd) to explore and understand the available functions and attributes in the pandas (pd) lib
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