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Select Rows and Columns by Name or Index in Pandas DataFrame

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Indexing in Pandas means selecting rows and columns of data from a Dataframe.

This can be selecting all the rows and the particular number of columns, a particular number of rows, and all the columns or a particular number of rows and columns each.

Let’s create a DataFrame with a few rows and columns and execute some examples to learn using an index.

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
games = {
    'Game':["Wii Sports","Mario Kart Wii","Tetris","Duck Hunt","The Sims","Grand Theft Auto IV","Gran Turismo 2"],
    'Platform' :["Wii","Wii","Gameboy","NES","PC","XBox360","Playstation"],
    'Publisher':["Nintendo","Nintendo","Nintendo","Nintendo","Electronic Arts","Take-Two Interactive",'Sony'],
    'Year':[2006,2008,1989,1984,2000,2008,1999]
               }
index_labels=['GAME1','GAME2','GAME3','GAME4','GAME5','GAME6','GAME7']
df = pd.DataFrame(games,index=index_labels)
print(df)

This will display the following

                      Game     Platform             Publisher  Year
GAME1           Wii Sports          Wii              Nintendo  2006
GAME2       Mario Kart Wii          Wii              Nintendo  2008
GAME3               Tetris      Gameboy              Nintendo  1989
GAME4            Duck Hunt          NES              Nintendo  1984
GAME5             The Sims           PC       Electronic Arts  2000
GAME6  Grand Theft Auto IV      XBox360  Take-Two Interactive  2008
GAME7       Gran Turismo 2  Playstation                  Sony  1999

Here are some quick examples

# Select Rows by Integer Index
print(df.iloc[2])    # Select Row by Index
print(df.iloc[[1,2,4]])    # Select Rows by Index List
print(df.iloc[1:3])   # Select Rows by Integer Index Range
print(df.iloc[:1] )   # Select First Row
print(df.iloc[:2] )   # Select First 2 Rows
print(df.iloc[-1:] )  # Select Last Row
print(df.iloc[-2:] )  # Select Last 2 Row
print(df.iloc[::2] )  # Selects alternate rows

# Select Rows by Index Labels
print(df.loc['GAME1'] )         # Select Row by Index Label
print(df.loc[['GAME1','GAME2','GAME4']]  )  # Select Rows by Index Label List
print(df.loc['GAME2':'GAME4']  )   # Select Rows by Label Index Range
print(df.loc['GAME1':'GAME7':2] )  # Select Alternate Rows with in Index Labels

 

Select a Row by Integer Index

You can select a single row from pandas DataFrame by integer index using df.iloc[n].

Replace n with the position you wanted to select.

# Select Row by Integer Index
print(df.iloc[2]

Get Multiple Rows by Index List

To get multiple rows from a DataFrame by specifies indexes as a list.

For example df.iloc[[1,2,4]] selects rows 2, 3 and 5 as index starts from zero.

# Select Rows by Index List
print(df.iloc[[1,2,4]])

 

Get DataFrame Rows by Index Range

When you want to select a DataFrame by a range of Indexes, you can provide start and stop indexes.

By not providing a start index, iloc[] selects from the first row.
By not providing a stop index, iloc[] selects all rows from the start index.
Providing both start and stop index this will select all rows in between

# Select Rows by Integer Index Range
print(df.iloc[1:3])

# Select First Row by Index
print(df.iloc[:1])

# Select First 2 Rows
print(df.iloc[:2] )

# Select Last Row
print(df.iloc[-1:])

# Select Last 2 Rows
print(df.iloc[-2:])

# Selects alternate rows
print(df.iloc[::2])

 

Get Rows by Label

If you have index labels on DataFrame, you can use these the label names to select the row. For example df.loc[‘GAME1'] returnsthe row with label ‘GAME1’.

print(df.loc['GAME1'])

 

Get Multiple Rows by Label List

If you have a list of row labels, you can use this to select multiple rows from pandas DataFrame.

# Select Rows by Index Label List
print(df.loc[['GAME1','GAME2','GAME4']])

 

Get Rows Between Two Labels

You can also select rows between two index labels.

print(df.loc['GAME2':'GAME4'] )
print(df.loc['GAME1':'GAME7':2])

 

Example

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
games = {
    'Game':["Wii Sports","Mario Kart Wii","Tetris","Duck Hunt","The Sims","Grand Theft Auto IV","Gran Turismo 2"],
    'Platform' :["Wii","Wii","Gameboy","NES","PC","XBox360","Playstation"],
    'Publisher':["Nintendo","Nintendo","Nintendo","Nintendo","Electronic Arts","Take-Two Interactive",'Sony'],
    'Year':[2006,2008,1989,1984,2000,2008,1999]
               }
index_labels=['GAME1','GAME2','GAME3','GAME4','GAME5','GAME6','GAME7']
df = pd.DataFrame(games,index=index_labels)
print(df)

print(df.iloc[[1,2,4]])    # Select Rows by Index List
print(df.iloc[1:3])   # Select Rows by Integer Index Range
print(df.iloc[:1] )   # Select First Row
print(df.iloc[:2] )   # Select First 2 Rows
print(df.iloc[-1:] )  # Select Last Row
print(df.iloc[-2:] )  # Select Last 2 Row
print(df.iloc[::2] )  # Selects alternate rows

print(df.loc['GAME1'] )         # Select Row by Index Label
print(df.loc[['GAME1','GAME2','GAME4']]  )  # Select Rows by Index Label List
print(df.loc['GAME2':'GAME4']  )   # Select Rows by Label Index Range
print(df.loc['GAME1':'GAME7':2] )  # Select Alternate Rows with in Index Labels

 

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