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Tutorials/01_IntroductionToPolars/IntroToPolars.ipynb

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+    "<div style=\"text-align:center;font-size:22pt; font-weight:bold;color:white;border:solid black 1.5pt;background-color:#1e7263;\">\n",
+    "    Basic Data Structures with Polars  <br> \n",
+    "    Series\n",
+    "</div>"
+   ]
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+    "# ============================================================\n",
+    "#                                                            =\n",
+    "#             Title: Basic Data Structures with Polars       =\n",
+    "#                              Series                        =\n",
+    "#             ---------------------------------              =\n",
+    "#                                                            =\n",
+    "#             Author: Dr. Saad Laouadi                       =\n",
+    "#                                                            =\n",
+    "#             Copyright: Dr. Saad Laouadi                    =\n",
+    "# ============================================================\n",
+    "#                                                            =\n",
+    "#                       LICENSE                              =\n",
+    "#             ----------------------                         =\n",
+    "#                                                            =\n",
+    "#             This material is intended for educational      =\n",
+    "#             purposes only and may not be used directly in  =\n",
+    "#             courses, video recordings, or similar          =\n",
+    "#             without prior consent from the author.         =\n",
+    "#             When using or referencing this material,       =\n",
+    "#             proper credit must be attributed to the        =\n",
+    "#             author.                                        =\n",
+    "# ============================================================"
+   ]
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+   "id": "8433e4ea-e8e8-4839-9afa-26750adaf9d2",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Importing Polars "
+   ]
+  },
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+   "execution_count": 1,
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+   "metadata": {
+    "tags": []
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# import polars as pl\n",
+    "import polars as pl"
+   ]
+  },
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+   "execution_count": 2,
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+     "text": [
+      "Polars version is: 0.20.2\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "# Check polars version\n",
+    "print(f\"Polars version is: {pl.__version__}\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
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+   "id": "692b5b6f-c2b0-4ee5-b23d-26090af142cd",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## Show Version with `show_versions()` Method"
+   ]
+  },
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+     "text": [
+      "--------Version info---------\n",
+      "Polars:               0.20.2\n",
+      "Index type:           UInt32\n",
+      "Platform:             macOS-13.6.1-x86_64-i386-64bit\n",
+      "Python:               3.12.1 | packaged by conda-forge | (main, Dec 23 2023, 08:05:03) [Clang 16.0.6 ]\n",
+      "\n",
+      "----Optional dependencies----\n",
+      "adbc_driver_manager:  <not installed>\n",
+      "cloudpickle:          <not installed>\n",
+      "connectorx:           <not installed>\n",
+      "deltalake:            <not installed>\n",
+      "fsspec:               <not installed>\n",
+      "gevent:               <not installed>\n",
+      "matplotlib:           3.8.2\n",
+      "numpy:                1.26.2\n",
+      "openpyxl:             3.1.2\n",
+      "pandas:               2.1.4\n",
+      "pyarrow:              14.0.2\n",
+      "pydantic:             2.5.3\n",
+      "pyiceberg:            <not installed>\n",
+      "pyxlsb:               1.0.10\n",
+      "sqlalchemy:           2.0.25\n",
+      "xlsx2csv:             0.8.1\n",
+      "xlsxwriter:           3.1.9\n"
+     ]
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+    "# Check polars versions\n",
+    "pl.show_versions()"
+   ]
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