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Grouping Numbers into Bins

pd.cut sorts numbers into labelled ranges (bins), turning a number into a category. pd.qcut makes bins with equal counts (quantiles). Combine with value_counts for a quick histogram of a column.

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What does `pd.cut` do?

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Bin the marks into 'fail' (0 to 49) and 'pass' (50 to 100) and print how many of each.

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