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10 Minutes to pandas
This is a short introduction to pandas, geared mainly for new users. You can see more complex recipes in the Cookbook
Customarily, we import as follows:
In [1]: import pandas as pd In [2]: import numpy as np In [3]: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
Object Creation
See the Data Structure Intro section
Creating a Series by passing a list of values, letting pandas create a default integer index:
In [4]: s = pd.Series([1,3,5,np.nan,6,8]) In [5]: s Out[5]: 0 1.0 1 3.0 2 5.0 3 NaN 4 6.0 5 8.0 dtype: float64
Creating a DataFrame by passing a numpy array, with a datetime index and labeled columns:
In [6]: dates = pd.date_range('20130101', periods=6) In [7]: dates Out[7]: DatetimeIndex(['2013-01-01', '2013-01-02', '2013-01-03', '2013-01-04', '2013-01-05', '2013-01-06'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') In [8]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(6,4), index=dates, columns=list('ABCD')) In [9]: df Out[9]: A B C D 2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 -1.509059 -1.135632 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 -1.087401 2013-01-06 -0.673690 0.113648 -1.478427 0.524988
Creating a DataFrame by passing a dict of objects that can be converted to series-like.
In [10]: df2 = pd.DataFrame({ 'A' : 1., ....: 'B' : pd.Timestamp('20130102'), ....: 'C' : pd.Series(1,index=list(range(4)),dtype='float32'), ....: 'D' : np.array([3] * 4,dtype='int32'), ....: 'E' : pd.Categorical(["test","train","test","train"]), ....: 'F' : 'foo' }) ....: In [11]: df2 Out[11]: A B C D E F 0 1.0 2013-01-02 1.0 3 test foo 1 1.0 2013-01-02 1.0 3 train foo 2 1.0 2013-01-02 1.0 3 test foo 3 1.0 2013-01-02 1.0 3 train foo
Having specific dtypes
In [12]: df2.dtypes Out[12]: A float64 B datetime64[ns] C float32 D int32 E category F object dtype: object
If you’re using IPython, tab completion for column names (as well as public attributes) is automatically enabled. Here’s a subset of the attributes that will be completed:
In [13]: df2.<TAB> df2.A df2.bool df2.abs df2.boxplot df2.add df2.C df2.add_prefix df2.clip df2.add_suffix df2.clip_lower df2.align df2.clip_upper df2.all df2.columns df2.any df2.combine df2.append df2.combine_first df2.apply df2.compound df2.applymap df2.consolidate df2.as_blocks df2.convert_objects df2.asfreq df2.copy df2.as_matrix df2.corr df2.astype df2.corrwith df2.at df2.count df2.at_time df2.cov df2.axes df2.cummax df2.B df2.cummin df2.between_time df2.cumprod df2.bfill df2.cumsum df2.blocks df2.D
As you can see, the columns A, B, C, and D are automatically tab completed. E is there as well; the rest of the attributes have been truncated for brevity.
Viewing Data
See the Basics section
See the top & bottom rows of the frame
In [14]: df.head() Out[14]: A B C D 2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 -1.509059 -1.135632 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 -1.087401 In [15]: df.tail(3) Out[15]: A B C D 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 -1.087401 2013-01-06 -0.673690 0.113648 -1.478427 0.524988
Display the index, columns, and the underlying numpy data
In [16]: df.index Out[16]: DatetimeIndex(['2013-01-01', '2013-01-02', '2013-01-03', '2013-01-04', '2013-01-05', '2013-01-06'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') In [17]: df.columns Out[17]: Index(['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'], dtype='object') In [18]: df.values Out[18]: array([[ 0.4691, -0.2829, -1.5091, -1.1356], [ 1.2121, -0.1732, 0.1192, -1.0442], [-0.8618, -2.1046, -0.4949, 1.0718], [ 0.7216, -0.7068, -1.0396, 0.2719], [-0.425 , 0.567 , 0.2762, -1.0874], [-0.6737, 0.1136, -1.4784, 0.525 ]])
Describe shows a quick statistic summary of your data
In [19]: df.describe() Out[19]: A B C D count 6.000000 6.000000 6.000000 6.000000 mean 0.073711 -0.431125 -0.687758 -0.233103 std 0.843157 0.922818 0.779887 0.973118 min -0.861849 -2.104569 -1.509059 -1.135632 25% -0.611510 -0.600794 -1.368714 -1.076610 50% 0.022070 -0.228039 -0.767252 -0.386188 75% 0.658444 0.041933 -0.034326 0.461706 max 1.212112 0.567020 0.276232 1.071804
Transposing your data
In [20]: df.T Out[20]: 2013-01-01 2013-01-02 2013-01-03 2013-01-04 2013-01-05 2013-01-06 A 0.469112 1.212112 -0.861849 0.721555 -0.424972 -0.673690 B -0.282863 -0.173215 -2.104569 -0.706771 0.567020 0.113648 C -1.509059 0.119209 -0.494929 -1.039575 0.276232 -1.478427 D -1.135632 -1.044236 1.071804 0.271860 -1.087401 0.524988
Sorting by an axis
In [21]: df.sort_index(axis=1, ascending=False) Out[21]: D C B A 2013-01-01 -1.135632 -1.509059 -0.282863 0.469112 2013-01-02 -1.044236 0.119209 -0.173215 1.212112 2013-01-03 1.071804 -0.494929 -2.104569 -0.861849 2013-01-04 0.271860 -1.039575 -0.706771 0.721555 2013-01-05 -1.087401 0.276232 0.567020 -0.424972 2013-01-06 0.524988 -1.478427 0.113648 -0.673690
Sorting by values
In [22]: df.sort_values(by='B') Out[22]: A B C D 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860 2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 -1.509059 -1.135632 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236 2013-01-06 -0.673690 0.113648 -1.478427 0.524988 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 -1.087401
Selection
Note
While standard Python / Numpy expressions for selecting and setting are intuitive and come in handy for interactive work, for production code, we recommend the optimized pandas data access methods, .at, .iat, .loc,.iloc and .ix.
See the indexing documentation Indexing and Selecting Data and MultiIndex / Advanced Indexing
Getting
Selecting a single column, which yields a Series, equivalent to df.A
In [23]: df['A'] Out[23]: 2013-01-01 0.469112 2013-01-02 1.212112 2013-01-03 -0.861849 2013-01-04 0.721555 2013-01-05 -0.424972 2013-01-06 -0.673690 Freq: D, Name: A, dtype: float64
Selecting via [], which slices the rows.
In [24]: df[0:3] Out[24]: A B C D 2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 -1.509059 -1.135632 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 In [25]: df['20130102':'20130104'] Out[25]: A B C D 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860
Selection by Label
See more in Selection by Label
For getting a cross section using a label
In [26]: df.loc[dates[0]] Out[26]: A 0.469112 B -0.282863 C -1.509059 D -1.135632 Name: 2013-01-01 00:00:00, dtype: float64
Selecting on a multi-axis by label
In [27]: df.loc[:,['A','B']] Out[27]: A B 2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 2013-01-06 -0.673690 0.113648
Showing label slicing, both endpoints are included
In [28]: df.loc['20130102':'20130104',['A','B']] Out[28]: A B 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771
Reduction in the dimensions of the returned object
In [29]: df.loc['20130102',['A','B']] Out[29]: A 1.212112 B -0.173215 Name: 2013-01-02 00:00:00, dtype: float64
For getting a scalar value
In [30]: df.loc[dates[0],'A'] Out[30]: 0.46911229990718628
For getting fast access to a scalar (equiv to the prior method)
In [31]: df.at[dates[0],'A'] Out[31]: 0.46911229990718628
Selection by Position
See more in Selection by Position
Select via the position of the passed integers
In [32]: df.iloc[3] Out[32]: A 0.721555 B -0.706771 C -1.039575 D 0.271860 Name: 2013-01-04 00:00:00, dtype: float64
By integer slices, acting similar to numpy/python
In [33]: df.iloc[3:5,0:2] Out[33]: A B 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020
By lists of integer position locations, similar to the numpy/python style
In [34]: df.iloc[[1,2,4],[0,2]] Out[34]: A C 2013-01-02 1.212112 0.119209 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -0.494929 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.276232
For slicing rows explicitly
In [35]: df.iloc[1:3,:] Out[35]: A B C D 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804
For slicing columns explicitly
In [36]: df.iloc[:,1:3] Out[36]: B C 2013-01-01 -0.282863 -1.509059 2013-01-02 -0.173215 0.119209 2013-01-03 -2.104569 -0.494929 2013-01-04 -0.706771 -1.039575 2013-01-05 0.567020 0.276232 2013-01-06 0.113648 -1.478427
For getting a value explicitly
In [37]: df.iloc[1,1] Out[37]: -0.17321464905330858
For getting fast access to a scalar (equiv to the prior method)
In [38]: df.iat[1,1] Out[38]: -0.17321464905330858
Boolean Indexing
Using a single column’s values to select data.
In [39]: df[df.A > 0] Out[39]: A B C D 2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 -1.509059 -1.135632 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860
Selecting values from a DataFrame where a boolean condition is met.
In [40]: df[df > 0] Out[40]: A B C D 2013-01-01 0.469112 NaN NaN NaN 2013-01-02 1.212112 NaN 0.119209 NaN 2013-01-03 NaN NaN NaN 1.071804 2013-01-04 0.721555 NaN NaN 0.271860 2013-01-05 NaN 0.567020 0.276232 NaN 2013-01-06 NaN 0.113648 NaN 0.524988
Using the isin() method for filtering:
In [41]: df2 = df.copy() In [42]: df2['E'] = ['one', 'one','two','three','four','three'] In [43]: df2 Out[43]: A B C D E 2013-01-01 0.469112 -0.282863 -1.509059 -1.135632 one 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 -1.044236 one 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 two 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 0.271860 three 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 -1.087401 four 2013-01-06 -0.673690 0.113648 -1.478427 0.524988 three In [44]: df2[df2['E'].isin(['two','four'])] Out[44]: A B C D E 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 1.071804 two 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 -1.087401 four
Setting
Setting a new column automatically aligns the data by the indexes
In [45]: s1 = pd.Series([1,2,3,4,5,6], index=pd.date_range('20130102', periods=6)) In [46]: s1 Out[46]: 2013-01-02 1 2013-01-03 2 2013-01-04 3 2013-01-05 4 2013-01-06 5 2013-01-07 6 Freq: D, dtype: int64 In [47]: df['F'] = s1
Setting values by label
In [48]: df.at[dates[0],'A'] = 0
Setting values by position
In [49]: df.iat[0,1] = 0
Setting by assigning with a numpy array
In [50]: df.loc[:,'D'] = np.array([5] * len(df))
The result of the prior setting operations
In [51]: df Out[51]: A B C D F 2013-01-01 0.000000 0.000000 -1.509059 5 NaN 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 5 1.0 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 5 2.0 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 5 3.0 2013-01-05 -0.424972 0.567020 0.276232 5 4.0 2013-01-06 -0.673690 0.113648 -1.478427 5 5.0
A where operation with setting.
In [52]: df2 = df.copy() In [53]: df2[df2 > 0] = -df2 In [54]: df2 Out[54]: A B C D F 2013-01-01 0.000000 0.000000 -1.509059 -5 NaN 2013-01-02 -1.212112 -0.173215 -0.119209 -5 -1.0 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 -5 -2.0 2013-01-04 -0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 -5 -3.0 2013-01-05 -0.424972 -0.567020 -0.276232 -5 -4.0 2013-01-06 -0.673690 -0.113648 -1.478427 -5 -5.0
Missing Data
pandas primarily uses the value np.nan to represent missing data. It is by default not included in computations. See the Missing Data section
Reindexing allows you to change/add/delete the index on a specified axis. This returns a copy of the data.
In [55]: df1 = df.reindex(index=dates[0:4], columns=list(df.columns) + ['E']) In [56]: df1.loc[dates[0]:dates[1],'E'] = 1 In [57]: df1 Out[57]: A B C D F E 2013-01-01 0.000000 0.000000 -1.509059 5 NaN 1.0 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 5 1.0 1.0 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 5 2.0 NaN 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 5 3.0 NaN
To drop any rows that have missing data.
In [58]: df1.dropna(how='any') Out[58]: A B C D F E 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 5 1.0 1.0
Filling missing data
In [59]: df1.fillna(value=5) Out[59]: A B C D F E 2013-01-01 0.000000 0.000000 -1.509059 5 5.0 1.0 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 0.119209 5 1.0 1.0 2013-01-03 -0.861849 -2.104569 -0.494929 5 2.0 5.0 2013-01-04 0.721555 -0.706771 -1.039575 5 3.0 5.0
To get the boolean mask where values are nan
In [60]: pd.isnull(df1) Out[60]: A B C D F E 2013-01-01 False False False False True False 2013-01-02 False False False False False False 2013-01-03 False False False False False True 2013-01-04 False False False False False True
Operations
See the Basic section on Binary Ops
Stats
Operations in general exclude missing data.
Performing a descriptive statistic
In [61]: df.mean() Out[61]: A -0.004474 B -0.383981 C -0.687758 D 5.000000 F 3.000000 dtype: float64
Same operation on the other axis
In [62]: df.mean(1) Out[62]: 2013-01-01 0.872735 2013-01-02 1.431621 2013-01-03 0.707731 2013-01-04 1.395042 2013-01-05 1.883656 2013-01-06 1.592306 Freq: D, dtype: float64
Operating with objects that have different dimensionality and need alignment. In addition, pandas automatically broadcasts along the specified dimension.
In [63]: s = pd.Series([1,3,5,np.nan,6,8], index=dates).shift(2) In [64]: s Out[64]: 2013-01-01 NaN 2013-01-02 NaN 2013-01-03 1.0 2013-01-04 3.0 2013-01-05 5.0 2013-01-06 NaN Freq: D, dtype: float64 In [65]: df.sub(s, axis='index') Out[65]: A B C D F 2013-01-01 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2013-01-02 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2013-01-03 -1.861849 -3.104569 -1.494929 4.0 1.0 2013-01-04 -2.278445 -3.706771 -4.039575 2.0 0.0 2013-01-05 -5.424972 -4.432980 -4.723768 0.0 -1.0 2013-01-06 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
Apply
Applying functions to the data
In [66]: df.apply(np.cumsum) Out[66]: A B C D F 2013-01-01 0.000000 0.000000 -1.509059 5 NaN 2013-01-02 1.212112 -0.173215 -1.389850 10 1.0 2013-01-03 0.350263 -2.277784 -1.884779 15 3.0 2013-01-04 1.071818 -2.984555 -2.924354 20 6.0 2013-01-05 0.646846 -2.417535 -2.648122 25 10.0 2013-01-06 -0.026844 -2.303886 -4.126549 30 15.0 In [67]: df.apply(lambda x: x.max() - x.min()) Out[67]: A 2.073961 B 2.671590 C 1.785291 D 0.000000 F 4.000000 dtype: float64
Histogramming
See more at Histogramming and Discretization
In [68]: s = pd.Series(np.random.randint(0, 7, size=10)) In [69]: s Out[69]: 0 4 1 2 2 1 3 2 4 6 5 4 6 4 7 6 8 4 9 4 dtype: int64 In [70]: s.value_counts() Out[70]: 4 5 6 2 2 2 1 1 dtype: int64
String Methods
Series is equipped with a set of string processing methods in the str attribute that make it easy to operate on each element of the array, as in the code snippet below. Note that pattern-matching in str generally uses regular expressions by default (and in some cases always uses them). See more at Vectorized String Methods.
In [71]: s = pd.Series(['A', 'B', 'C', 'Aaba', 'Baca', np.nan, 'CABA', 'dog', 'cat']) In [72]: s.str.lower() Out[72]: 0 a 1 b 2 c 3 aaba 4 baca 5 NaN 6 caba 7 dog 8 cat dtype: object
Merge
Concat
pandas provides various facilities for easily combining together Series, DataFrame, and Panel objects with various kinds of set logic for the indexes and relational algebra functionality in the case of join / merge-type operations.
See the Merging section
Concatenating pandas objects together with concat():
In [73]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 4)) In [74]: df Out[74]: 0 1 2 3 0 -0.548702 1.467327 -1.015962 -0.483075 1 1.637550 -1.217659 -0.291519 -1.745505 2 -0.263952 0.991460 -0.919069 0.266046 3 -0.709661 1.669052 1.037882 -1.705775 4 -0.919854 -0.042379 1.247642 -0.009920 5 0.290213 0.495767 0.362949 1.548106 6 -1.131345 -0.089329 0.337863 -0.945867 7 -0.932132 1.956030 0.017587 -0.016692 8 -0.575247 0.254161 -1.143704 0.215897 9 1.193555 -0.077118 -0.408530 -0.862495 # break it into pieces In [75]: pieces = [df[:3], df[3:7], df[7:]] In [76]: pd.concat(pieces) Out[76]: 0 1 2 3 0 -0.548702 1.467327 -1.015962 -0.483075 1 1.637550 -1.217659 -0.291519 -1.745505 2 -0.263952 0.991460 -0.919069 0.266046 3 -0.709661 1.669052 1.037882 -1.705775 4 -0.919854 -0.042379 1.247642 -0.009920 5 0.290213 0.495767 0.362949 1.548106 6 -1.131345 -0.089329 0.337863 -0.945867 7 -0.932132 1.956030 0.017587 -0.016692 8 -0.575247 0.254161 -1.143704 0.215897 9 1.193555 -0.077118 -0.408530 -0.862495
Join
SQL style merges. See the Database style joining
In [77]: left = pd.DataFrame({'key': ['foo', 'foo'], 'lval': [1, 2]}) In [78]: right = pd.DataFrame({'key': ['foo', 'foo'], 'rval': [4, 5]}) In [79]: left Out[79]: key lval 0 foo 1 1 foo 2 In [80]: right Out[80]: key rval 0 foo 4 1 foo 5 In [81]: pd.merge(left, right, on='key') Out[81]: key lval rval 0 foo 1 4 1 foo 1 5 2 foo 2 4 3 foo 2 5
Another example that can be given is:
In [82]: left = pd.DataFrame({'key': ['foo', 'bar'], 'lval': [1, 2]}) In [83]: right = pd.DataFrame({'key': ['foo', 'bar'], 'rval': [4, 5]}) In [84]: left Out[84]: key lval 0 foo 1 1 bar 2 In [85]: right Out[85]: key rval 0 foo 4 1 bar 5 In [86]: pd.merge(left, right, on='key') Out[86]: key lval rval 0 foo 1 4 1 bar 2 5
Append
Append rows to a dataframe. See the Appending
In [87]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(8, 4), columns=['A','B','C','D']) In [88]: df Out[88]: A B C D 0 1.346061 1.511763 1.627081 -0.990582 1 -0.441652 1.211526 0.268520 0.024580 2 -1.577585 0.396823 -0.105381 -0.532532 3 1.453749 1.208843 -0.080952 -0.264610 4 -0.727965 -0.589346 0.339969 -0.693205 5 -0.339355 0.593616 0.884345 1.591431 6 0.141809 0.220390 0.435589 0.192451 7 -0.096701 0.803351 1.715071 -0.708758 In [89]: s = df.iloc[3] In [90]: df.append(s, ignore_index=True) Out[90]: A B C D 0 1.346061 1.511763 1.627081 -0.990582 1 -0.441652 1.211526 0.268520 0.024580 2 -1.577585 0.396823 -0.105381 -0.532532 3 1.453749 1.208843 -0.080952 -0.264610 4 -0.727965 -0.589346 0.339969 -0.693205 5 -0.339355 0.593616 0.884345 1.591431 6 0.141809 0.220390 0.435589 0.192451 7 -0.096701 0.803351 1.715071 -0.708758 8 1.453749 1.208843 -0.080952 -0.264610
Grouping
By “group by” we are referring to a process involving one or more of the following steps
- Splitting the data into groups based on some criteria
- Applying a function to each group independently
- Combining the results into a data structure
See the Grouping section
In [91]: df = pd.DataFrame({'A' : ['foo', 'bar', 'foo', 'bar', ....: 'foo', 'bar', 'foo', 'foo'], ....: 'B' : ['one', 'one', 'two', 'three', ....: 'two', 'two', 'one', 'three'], ....: 'C' : np.random.randn(8), ....: 'D' : np.random.randn(8)}) ....: In [92]: df Out[92]: A B C D 0 foo one -1.202872 -0.055224 1 bar one -1.814470 2.395985 2 foo two 1.018601 1.552825 3 bar three -0.595447 0.166599 4 foo two 1.395433 0.047609 5 bar two -0.392670 -0.136473 6 foo one 0.007207 -0.561757 7 foo three 1.928123 -1.623033
Grouping and then applying a function sum to the resulting groups.
In [93]: df.groupby('A').sum() Out[93]: C D A bar -2.802588 2.42611 foo 3.146492 -0.63958
Grouping by multiple columns forms a hierarchical index, which we then apply the function.
In [94]: df.groupby(['A','B']).sum() Out[94]: C D A B bar one -1.814470 2.395985 three -0.595447 0.166599 two -0.392670 -0.136473 foo one -1.195665 -0.616981 three 1.928123 -1.623033 two 2.414034 1.600434
Reshaping
See the sections on Hierarchical Indexing and Reshaping.
Stack
In [95]: tuples = list(zip(*[['bar', 'bar', 'baz', 'baz', ....: 'foo', 'foo', 'qux', 'qux'], ....: ['one', 'two', 'one', 'two', ....: 'one', 'two', 'one', 'two']])) ....: In [96]: index = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, names=['first', 'second']) In [97]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(8, 2), index=index, columns=['A', 'B']) In [98]: df2 = df[:4] In [99]: df2 Out[99]: A B first second bar one 0.029399 -0.542108 two 0.282696 -0.087302 baz one -1.575170 1.771208 two 0.816482 1.100230
The stack() method “compresses” a level in the DataFrame’s columns.
In [100]: stacked = df2.stack() In [101]: stacked Out[101]: first second bar one A 0.029399 B -0.542108 two A 0.282696 B -0.087302 baz one A -1.575170 B 1.771208 two A 0.816482 B 1.100230 dtype: float64
With a “stacked” DataFrame or Series (having a MultiIndex as the index), the inverse operation of stack() is unstack(), which by default unstacks the last level:
In [102]: stacked.unstack() Out[102]: A B first second bar one 0.029399 -0.542108 two 0.282696 -0.087302 baz one -1.575170 1.771208 two 0.816482 1.100230 In [103]: stacked.unstack(1) Out[103]: second one two first bar A 0.029399 0.282696 B -0.542108 -0.087302 baz A -1.575170 0.816482 B 1.771208 1.100230 In [104]: stacked.unstack(0) Out[104]: first bar baz second one A 0.029399 -1.575170 B -0.542108 1.771208 two A 0.282696 0.816482 B -0.087302 1.100230
Pivot Tables
See the section on Pivot Tables.
In [105]: df = pd.DataFrame({'A' : ['one', 'one', 'two', 'three'] * 3, .....: 'B' : ['A', 'B', 'C'] * 4, .....: 'C' : ['foo', 'foo', 'foo', 'bar', 'bar', 'bar'] * 2, .....: 'D' : np.random.randn(12), .....: 'E' : np.random.randn(12)}) .....: In [106]: df Out[106]: A B C D E 0 one A foo 1.418757 -0.179666 1 one B foo -1.879024 1.291836 2 two C foo 0.536826 -0.009614 3 three A bar 1.006160 0.392149 4 one B bar -0.029716 0.264599 5 one C bar -1.146178 -0.057409 6 two A foo 0.100900 -1.425638 7 three B foo -1.035018 1.024098 8 one C foo 0.314665 -0.106062 9 one A bar -0.773723 1.824375 10 two B bar -1.170653 0.595974 11 three C bar 0.648740 1.167115
We can produce pivot tables from this data very easily:
In [107]: pd.pivot_table(df, values='D', index=['A', 'B'], columns=['C']) Out[107]: C bar foo A B one A -0.773723 1.418757 B -0.029716 -1.879024 C -1.146178 0.314665 three A 1.006160 NaN B NaN -1.035018 C 0.648740 NaN two A NaN 0.100900 B -1.170653 NaN C NaN 0.536826
Time Series
pandas has simple, powerful, and efficient functionality for performing resampling operations during frequency conversion (e.g., converting secondly data into 5-minutely data). This is extremely common in, but not limited to, financial applications. See the Time Series section
In [108]: rng = pd.date_range('1/1/2012', periods=100, freq='S') In [109]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randint(0, 500, len(rng)), index=rng) In [110]: ts.resample('5Min').sum() Out[110]: 2012-01-01 25083 Freq: 5T, dtype: int64
Time zone representation
In [111]: rng = pd.date_range('3/6/2012 00:00', periods=5, freq='D') In [112]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(len(rng)), rng) In [113]: ts Out[113]: 2012-03-06 0.464000 2012-03-07 0.227371 2012-03-08 -0.496922 2012-03-09 0.306389 2012-03-10 -2.290613 Freq: D, dtype: float64 In [114]: ts_utc = ts.tz_localize('UTC') In [115]: ts_utc Out[115]: 2012-03-06 00:00:00+00:00 0.464000 2012-03-07 00:00:00+00:00 0.227371 2012-03-08 00:00:00+00:00 -0.496922 2012-03-09 00:00:00+00:00 0.306389 2012-03-10 00:00:00+00:00 -2.290613 Freq: D, dtype: float64
Convert to another time zone
In [116]: ts_utc.tz_convert('US/Eastern') Out[116]: 2012-03-05 19:00:00-05:00 0.464000 2012-03-06 19:00:00-05:00 0.227371 2012-03-07 19:00:00-05:00 -0.496922 2012-03-08 19:00:00-05:00 0.306389 2012-03-09 19:00:00-05:00 -2.290613 Freq: D, dtype: float64
Converting between time span representations
In [117]: rng = pd.date_range('1/1/2012', periods=5, freq='M') In [118]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(len(rng)), index=rng) In [119]: ts Out[119]: 2012-01-31 -1.134623 2012-02-29 -1.561819 2012-03-31 -0.260838 2012-04-30 0.281957 2012-05-31 1.523962 Freq: M, dtype: float64 In [120]: ps = ts.to_period() In [121]: ps Out[121]: 2012-01 -1.134623 2012-02 -1.561819 2012-03 -0.260838 2012-04 0.281957 2012-05 1.523962 Freq: M, dtype: float64 In [122]: ps.to_timestamp() Out[122]: 2012-01-01 -1.134623 2012-02-01 -1.561819 2012-03-01 -0.260838 2012-04-01 0.281957 2012-05-01 1.523962 Freq: MS, dtype: float64
Converting between period and timestamp enables some convenient arithmetic functions to be used. In the following example, we convert a quarterly frequency with year ending in November to 9am of the end of the month following the quarter end:
In [123]: prng = pd.period_range('1990Q1', '2000Q4', freq='Q-NOV') In [124]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(len(prng)), prng) In [125]: ts.index = (prng.asfreq('M', 'e') + 1).asfreq('H', 's') + 9 In [126]: ts.head() Out[126]: 1990-03-01 09:00 -0.902937 1990-06-01 09:00 0.068159 1990-09-01 09:00 -0.057873 1990-12-01 09:00 -0.368204 1991-03-01 09:00 -1.144073 Freq: H, dtype: float64
Categoricals
Since version 0.15, pandas can include categorical data in a DataFrame. For full docs, see the categorical introductionand the API documentation.
In [127]: df = pd.DataFrame({"id":[1,2,3,4,5,6], "raw_grade":['a', 'b', 'b', 'a', 'a', 'e']})
Convert the raw grades to a categorical data type.
In [128]: df["grade"] = df["raw_grade"].astype("category") In [129]: df["grade"] Out[129]: 0 a 1 b 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 e Name: grade, dtype: category Categories (3, object): [a, b, e]
Rename the categories to more meaningful names (assigning to Series.cat.categories is inplace!)
In [130]: df["grade"].cat.categories = ["very good", "good", "very bad"]
Reorder the categories and simultaneously add the missing categories (methods under Series .cat return a new Series per default).
In [131]: df["grade"] = df["grade"].cat.set_categories(["very bad", "bad", "medium", "good", "very good"]) In [132]: df["grade"] Out[132]: 0 very good 1 good 2 good 3 very good 4 very good 5 very bad Name: grade, dtype: category Categories (5, object): [very bad, bad, medium, good, very good]
Sorting is per order in the categories, not lexical order.
In [133]: df.sort_values(by="grade") Out[133]: id raw_grade grade 5 6 e very bad 1 2 b good 2 3 b good 0 1 a very good 3 4 a very good 4 5 a very good
Grouping by a categorical column shows also empty categories.
In [134]: df.groupby("grade").size() Out[134]: grade very bad 1 bad 0 medium 0 good 2 very good 3 dtype: int64
Plotting
Plotting docs.
In [135]: ts = pd.Series(np.random.randn(1000), index=pd.date_range('1/1/2000', periods=1000)) In [136]: ts = ts.cumsum() In [137]: ts.plot() Out[137]: <matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot at 0x1187d7278>
On DataFrame, plot() is a convenience to plot all of the columns with labels:
In [138]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(1000, 4), index=ts.index, .....: columns=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']) .....: In [139]: df = df.cumsum() In [140]: plt.figure(); df.plot(); plt.legend(loc='best') Out[140]: <matplotlib.legend.Legend at 0x11b5dea20>
Getting Data In/Out
CSV
In [141]: df.to_csv('foo.csv')
In [142]: pd.read_csv('foo.csv') Out[142]: Unnamed: 0 A B C D 0 2000-01-01 0.266457 -0.399641 -0.219582 1.186860 1 2000-01-02 -1.170732 -0.345873 1.653061 -0.282953 2 2000-01-03 -1.734933 0.530468 2.060811 -0.515536 3 2000-01-04 -1.555121 1.452620 0.239859 -1.156896 4 2000-01-05 0.578117 0.511371 0.103552 -2.428202 5 2000-01-06 0.478344 0.449933 -0.741620 -1.962409 6 2000-01-07 1.235339 -0.091757 -1.543861 -1.084753 .. ... ... ... ... ... 993 2002-09-20 -10.628548 -9.153563 -7.883146 28.313940 994 2002-09-21 -10.390377 -8.727491 -6.399645 30.914107 995 2002-09-22 -8.985362 -8.485624 -4.669462 31.367740 996 2002-09-23 -9.558560 -8.781216 -4.499815 30.518439 997 2002-09-24 -9.902058 -9.340490 -4.386639 30.105593 998 2002-09-25 -10.216020 -9.480682 -3.933802 29.758560 999 2002-09-26 -11.856774 -10.671012 -3.216025 29.369368 [1000 rows x 5 columns]
HDF5
Reading and writing to HDFStores
Writing to a HDF5 Store
In [143]: df.to_hdf('foo.h5','df')
Reading from a HDF5 Store
In [144]: pd.read_hdf('foo.h5','df') Out[144]: A B C D 2000-01-01 0.266457 -0.399641 -0.219582 1.186860 2000-01-02 -1.170732 -0.345873 1.653061 -0.282953 2000-01-03 -1.734933 0.530468 2.060811 -0.515536 2000-01-04 -1.555121 1.452620 0.239859 -1.156896 2000-01-05 0.578117 0.511371 0.103552 -2.428202 2000-01-06 0.478344 0.449933 -0.741620 -1.962409 2000-01-07 1.235339 -0.091757 -1.543861 -1.084753 ... ... ... ... ... 2002-09-20 -10.628548 -9.153563 -7.883146 28.313940 2002-09-21 -10.390377 -8.727491 -6.399645 30.914107 2002-09-22 -8.985362 -8.485624 -4.669462 31.367740 2002-09-23 -9.558560 -8.781216 -4.499815 30.518439 2002-09-24 -9.902058 -9.340490 -4.386639 30.105593 2002-09-25 -10.216020 -9.480682 -3.933802 29.758560 2002-09-26 -11.856774 -10.671012 -3.216025 29.369368 [1000 rows x 4 columns]
Excel
Reading and writing to MS Excel
Writing to an excel file
In [145]: df.to_excel('foo.xlsx', sheet_name='Sheet1')
Reading from an excel file
In [146]: pd.read_excel('foo.xlsx', 'Sheet1', index_col=None, na_values=['NA']) Out[146]: A B C D 2000-01-01 0.266457 -0.399641 -0.219582 1.186860 2000-01-02 -1.170732 -0.345873 1.653061 -0.282953 2000-01-03 -1.734933 0.530468 2.060811 -0.515536 2000-01-04 -1.555121 1.452620 0.239859 -1.156896 2000-01-05 0.578117 0.511371 0.103552 -2.428202 2000-01-06 0.478344 0.449933 -0.741620 -1.962409 2000-01-07 1.235339 -0.091757 -1.543861 -1.084753 ... ... ... ... ... 2002-09-20 -10.628548 -9.153563 -7.883146 28.313940 2002-09-21 -10.390377 -8.727491 -6.399645 30.914107 2002-09-22 -8.985362 -8.485624 -4.669462 31.367740 2002-09-23 -9.558560 -8.781216 -4.499815 30.518439 2002-09-24 -9.902058 -9.340490 -4.386639 30.105593 2002-09-25 -10.216020 -9.480682 -3.933802 29.758560 2002-09-26 -11.856774 -10.671012 -3.216025 29.369368 [1000 rows x 4 columns]
Gotchas
If you are trying an operation and you see an exception like:
>>> if pd.Series([False, True, False]): print("I was true") Traceback ... ValueError: The truth value of an array is ambiguous. Use a.empty, a.any() or a.all().
See Comparisons for an explanation and what to do.
http://www.cnblogs.com/chaosimple/p/4153083.html
本文是对pandas官方网站上《10 Minutes to pandas》的一个简单的翻译，原文在这里。这篇文章是对pandas的一个简单的介绍，详细的介绍请参考：Cookbook 。习惯上，我们会按下面格式引入所需要的包：
一、 创建对象
可以通过 Data Structure Intro Setion 来查看有关该节内容的详细信息。
1、可以通过传递一个list对象来创建一个Series，pandas会默认创建整型索引：
2、通过传递一个numpy array，时间索引以及列标签来创建一个DataFrame：
3、通过传递一个能够被转换成类似序列结构的字典对象来创建一个DataFrame：
4、查看不同列的数据类型：
5、如果你使用的是IPython，使用Tab自动补全功能会自动识别所有的属性以及自定义的列，下图中是所有能够被自动识别的属性的一个子集：
二、 查看数据
详情请参阅：Basics Section
1、 查看frame中头部和尾部的行：
2、 显示索引、列和底层的numpy数据：
3、 describe()函数对于数据的快速统计汇总：
4、 对数据的转置：
5、 按轴进行排序
6、 按值进行排序
三、 选择
虽然标准的Python/Numpy的选择和设置表达式都能够直接派上用场，但是作为工程使用的代码，我们推荐使用经过优化的pandas数据访问方式： .at, .iat, .loc, .iloc 和 .ix详情请参阅Indexing and Selecing Data 和 MultiIndex / Advanced Indexing。
l 获取
1、 选择一个单独的列，这将会返回一个Series，等同于df.A：
2、 通过[]进行选择，这将会对行进行切片
l 通过标签选择
1、 使用标签来获取一个交叉的区域
2、 通过标签来在多个轴上进行选择
3、 标签切片
4、 对于返回的对象进行维度缩减
5、 获取一个标量
6、 快速访问一个标量（与上一个方法等价）
l 通过位置选择
1、 通过传递数值进行位置选择（选择的是行）
2、 通过数值进行切片，与numpy/python中的情况类似
3、 通过指定一个位置的列表，与numpy/python中的情况类似
4、 对行进行切片
5、 对列进行切片
6、 获取特定的值
l 布尔索引
1、 使用一个单独列的值来选择数据：
2、 使用where操作来选择数据：
3、 使用isin()方法来过滤：
l 设置
1、 设置一个新的列：
2、 通过标签设置新的值：
3、 通过位置设置新的值：
4、 通过一个numpy数组设置一组新值：
上述操作结果如下：
5、 通过where操作来设置新的值：
四、 缺失值处理
在pandas中，使用np.nan来代替缺失值，这些值将默认不会包含在计算中，详情请参阅：Missing Data Section。
1、 reindex()方法可以对指定轴上的索引进行改变/增加/删除操作，这将返回原始数据的一个拷贝：、
2、 去掉包含缺失值的行：
3、 对缺失值进行填充：
4、 对数据进行布尔填充：
五、 相关操作
详情请参与 Basic Section On Binary Ops
l 统计（相关操作通常情况下不包括缺失值）
1、 执行描述性统计：
2、 在其他轴上进行相同的操作：
3、 对于拥有不同维度，需要对齐的对象进行操作。Pandas会自动的沿着指定的维度进行广播：
l Apply
1、 对数据应用函数：
l 直方图
具体请参照：Histogramming and Discretization
l 字符串方法
Series对象在其str属性中配备了一组字符串处理方法，可以很容易的应用到数组中的每个元素，如下段代码所示。更多详情请参考：Vectorized String Methods.
六、 合并
Pandas提供了大量的方法能够轻松的对Series，DataFrame和Panel对象进行各种符合各种逻辑关系的合并操作。具体请参阅：Merging section
l Concat
l Join 类似于SQL类型的合并，具体请参阅：Database style joining
l Append 将一行连接到一个DataFrame上，具体请参阅Appending：
七、 分组
对于”group by”操作，我们通常是指以下一个或多个操作步骤：
l （Splitting）按照一些规则将数据分为不同的组；
l （Applying）对于每组数据分别执行一个函数；
l （Combining）将结果组合到一个数据结构中；
详情请参阅：Grouping section
1、 分组并对每个分组执行sum函数：
2、 通过多个列进行分组形成一个层次索引，然后执行函数：
八、 Reshaping
详情请参阅 Hierarchical Indexing 和 Reshaping。
l Stack
l 数据透视表，详情请参阅：Pivot Tables.
可以从这个数据中轻松的生成数据透视表：
九、 时间序列
Pandas在对频率转换进行重新采样时拥有简单、强大且高效的功能（如将按秒采样的数据转换为按5分钟为单位进行采样的数据）。这种操作在金融领域非常常见。具体参考：Time Series section。
1、 时区表示：
2、 时区转换：
3、 时间跨度转换：
4、 时期和时间戳之间的转换使得可以使用一些方便的算术函数。
十、 Categorical
从0.15版本开始，pandas可以在DataFrame中支持Categorical类型的数据，详细 介绍参看：categorical introduction和API documentation。
1、 将原始的grade转换为Categorical数据类型：
2、 将Categorical类型数据重命名为更有意义的名称：
3、 对类别进行重新排序，增加缺失的类别：
4、 排序是按照Categorical的顺序进行的而不是按照字典顺序进行：
5、 对Categorical列进行排序时存在空的类别：
十一、 画图
具体文档参看：Plotting docs
对于DataFrame来说，plot是一种将所有列及其标签进行绘制的简便方法：
十二、 导入和保存数据
l CSV，参考：Writing to a csv file
1、 写入csv文件：
2、 从csv文件中读取：
l HDF5，参考：HDFStores
1、 写入HDF5存储：
2、 从HDF5存储中读取：
l Excel，参考：MS Excel
1、 写入excel文件：
2、 从excel文件中读取：
