Fix chained assignment warning in utilities.py for pandas 3.0 compatibility #260
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This PR resolves a FutureWarning related to chained assignment in pandas. The original code used:
This triggers a warning under newer pandas versions due to potentially unsafe chained indexing. It was replaced with the recommended form:
This ensures the assignment operates on the original DataFrame, maintaining compatibility with upcoming pandas 3.0 behavior (Copy-on-Write).
No functionality is changed — this is a forward-compatibility and code quality improvement.
The above mentioned FutureWarning: