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# List unique values in a DataFrame column
pd.unique(df.column_name.ravel())

# Convert Series datatype to numeric, getting rid of any non-numeric values
df['col'] = df['col'].astype(str).convert_objects(convert_numeric=True)

# Grab DataFrame rows where column has certain values
valuelist = ['value1', 'value2', 'value3']
df = df[df.column.isin(valuelist)]

crdietrich

import numpy as np
from math import pi, log
import pylab
from scipy import fft, ifft
from scipy.optimize import curve_fit

i = 10000
x = np.linspace(0, 3.5 * pi, i)
y = (0.3*np.sin(x) + np.sin(1.3 * x) + 0.9 * np.sin(4.2 * x) + 0.06 *
    np.random.randn(i))