Why the difference in checking for value of pd.DataFrame vs pd.Series if value in index?

Advertisements I’m working with a pandas DataFrame and I noticed a difference in behavior when using the in operator. Here’s an example to illustrate this: import pandas as pd df = pd.DataFrame({‘a’: [4, 5, 6], ‘b’: [7, 8, 9]}) print(1 in df) print(type(df)) print(1 in df["a"]) print(type(df["a"])) Output: False <class ‘pandas.core.frame.DataFrame’> True <class ‘pandas.core.series.Series’> The… Read More Why the difference in checking for value of pd.DataFrame vs pd.Series if value in index?

How can I get the first row that meets conditions of a mask if another condition is not present before it?

Advertisements This is my DataFrame: import pandas as pd df = pd.DataFrame( { ‘close’: [109, 109, 105, 110, 105, 120, 120, 11, 90, 100], ‘high’: [110, 110, 108, 108, 115, 122, 123, 1120, 1000, 300], ‘target’: [107, 107, 107, 107, 107, 124, 124, 500, 500, 500] } ) Masks are: m1 = ( (df.high >… Read More How can I get the first row that meets conditions of a mask if another condition is not present before it?

Adding values to a dataframe based on lookup in the same dataframe

Advertisements I try to get my head around a solution for a lookup and filling of an additional column in a pandas dataframe for readability. The following data (truncated) is available where manager_id is filled with the corresponding user_ids last_name first_name user_id manager_id scorsese martin 1 2 wenders wim 2 2 kurosawa akira 3 3… Read More Adding values to a dataframe based on lookup in the same dataframe

How to add values of one dataframe to another, double-conditioned by the receiving dataframe?

Advertisements I am trying to merge two dataframes in quite a specific way. They are each similar to these two: df1 <- data.frame(Countries = c("Portugal", "Andorra", "Spain", "Portugal", "Portugal", "Portugal", "Spain"), Year_of_order = c("2015", "2016", "2014", "2016", "2014", "2015", "2015"), Type_of_order = c("vegetables", "meat", "fruits", "fruits", "meat", "vegetable", "meat") ) df2 <- data.frame(Names = c("Andorra",… Read More How to add values of one dataframe to another, double-conditioned by the receiving dataframe?

Dataframe: create new columns and assign its values from existing column's values

Advertisements I have a Dataset downloaded from Kaggle for my project, I would like to seek help in creating new columns and assigning its values based on an existing column. My actual Dataset is complicated, I will give a similar but simpler dataset for easy discussion. Input: Month | Fruit | Weight ——- ——– ——–… Read More Dataframe: create new columns and assign its values from existing column's values

don't understand ValueError: Must have equal len keys and value when setting with an iterable in Python

Advertisements I’m working in a ML script and I want to change the values of a column by the same, but instead of string, stored as an array. Now the data is stored like this: ’31-2′, and I want to store as ‘[31,2]’. However, I get ValueError: Must have equal len keys and value when… Read More don't understand ValueError: Must have equal len keys and value when setting with an iterable in Python