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What is the difference between concat, append, and merge?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
concat stacks data, merge joins on keys, append is deprecated.
Deep explanation
concat combines DataFrames along rows or columns. merge performs relational joins. append was a convenience wrapper for concat but is now deprecated for clarity and performance.
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