Python pandas
1. selection
- getting
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
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
- selecting by 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 by multi 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
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
- selection by position
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
2. Merge, join, and concatenate
- Concatenating objects
In [1]: df1 = pd.DataFrame({'A': ['A0', 'A1', 'A2', 'A3'],
...: 'B': ['B0', 'B1', 'B2', 'B3'],
...: 'C': ['C0', 'C1', 'C2', 'C3'],
...: 'D': ['D0', 'D1', 'D2', 'D3']},
...: index=[0, 1, 2, 3])
...:
In [2]: df2 = pd.DataFrame({'A': ['A4', 'A5', 'A6', 'A7'],
...: 'B': ['B4', 'B5', 'B6', 'B7'],
...: 'C': ['C4', 'C5', 'C6', 'C7'],
...: 'D': ['D4', 'D5', 'D6', 'D7']},
...: index=[4, 5, 6, 7])
...:
In [3]: df3 = pd.DataFrame({'A': ['A8', 'A9', 'A10', 'A11'],
...: 'B': ['B8', 'B9', 'B10', 'B11'],
...: 'C': ['C8', 'C9', 'C10', 'C11'],
...: 'D': ['D8', 'D9', 'D10', 'D11']},
...: index=[8, 9, 10, 11])
...:
In [4]: frames = [df1, df2, df3]
In [5]: result = pd.concat(frames)
result = pd.concat(frames, keys=['x', 'y', 'z'])
In [8]: df4 = pd.DataFrame({'B': ['B2', 'B3', 'B6', 'B7'],
...: 'D': ['D2', 'D3', 'D6', 'D7'],
...: 'F': ['F2', 'F3', 'F6', 'F7']},
...: index=[2, 3, 6, 7])
...:
In [9]: result = pd.concat([df1, df4], axis=1)
In [10]: result = pd.concat([df1, df4], axis=1, join='inner')
In [11]: result = pd.concat([df1, df4], axis=1, join_axes=[df1.index])
In [15]: result = pd.concat([df1, df4], ignore_index=True)
In [17]: s1 = pd.Series(['X0', 'X1', 'X2', 'X3'], name='X')
In [18]: result = pd.concat([df1, s1], axis=1)
- concatenating with group keys
In [28]: pieces = {'x': df1, 'y': df2, 'z': df3}
In [29]: result = pd.concat(pieces)
- Database-style DataFrame joining/merging
- one-to-one
- many-to-one
- many-to-many
In [38]: left = pd.DataFrame({'key': ['K0', 'K1', 'K2', 'K3'],
....: 'A': ['A0', 'A1', 'A2', 'A3'],
....: 'B': ['B0', 'B1', 'B2', 'B3']})
....:
In [39]: right = pd.DataFrame({'key': ['K0', 'K1', 'K2', 'K3'],
....: 'C': ['C0', 'C1', 'C2', 'C3'],
....: 'D': ['D0', 'D1', 'D2', 'D3']})
....:
In [40]: result = pd.merge(left, right, on='key')
In [41]: left = pd.DataFrame({'key1': ['K0', 'K0', 'K1', 'K2'],
....: 'key2': ['K0', 'K1', 'K0', 'K1'],
....: 'A': ['A0', 'A1', 'A2', 'A3'],
....: 'B': ['B0', 'B1', 'B2', 'B3']})
....:
In [42]: right = pd.DataFrame({'key1': ['K0', 'K1', 'K1', 'K2'],
....: 'key2': ['K0', 'K0', 'K0', 'K0'],
....: 'C': ['C0', 'C1', 'C2', 'C3'],
....: 'D': ['D0', 'D1', 'D2', 'D3']})
....:
In [43]: result = pd.merge(left, right, on=['key1', 'key2'])
| Merge method | SQL Join Name |
|---|---|
| left | LEFT OUTER JOIN |
| right | RIGHT OUTER JOIN |
| outer | FULL OUTER JOIN |
| outer | INNER JOIN |
In [44]: result = pd.merge(left, right, how='left', on=['key1', 'key2'])
In [45]: result = pd.merge(left, right, how='right', on=['key1', 'key2'])
In [46]: result = pd.merge(left, right, how='outer', on=['key1', 'key2'])
In [47]: result = pd.merge(left, right, how='inner', on=['key1', 'key2'])
In [48]: left = pd.DataFrame({'A' : [1,2], 'B' : [2, 2]})
In [49]: right = pd.DataFrame({'A' : [4,5,6], 'B': [2,2,2]})
In [50]: result = pd.merge(left, right, on='B', how='outer')
Reference
10 Minutes to pandas Merge, join, and concatenate - pandas documents