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  * pandas.Series.diff 

#  pandas.Series.diff  #

Series.  diff  (  _ periods  =  1  _ )  [ [source]
](https://github.com/pandas-
dev/pandas/blob/v2.2.1/pandas/core/series.py#L3026-L3114) #

    

First discrete difference of element.

Calculates the difference of a Series eleme