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# pandas.period_range

`pandas.``period_range`(start=None, end=None, periods=None, freq='D', name=None)

  Return a fixed frequency datetime index, with day (calendar) as the default frequency

  Parameters : | start : end : periods : int, default None Number of periods in the index freq : str/DateOffset, default ‘D’ Frequency alias name : str, default None Name for the resulting PeriodIndex
  Returns : | prng : PeriodIndex

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