consider a data frame defined like so:
import pandas as pd
test = pd.DataFrame({
'id' : ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'],
'times' : [2, 3, 1, 5]
})
Is it possible to create a new data frame from this in which each row is repeated times times, such that the result looks like this:
>>> result
id times
0 a 2
1 a 2
2 b 3
3 b 3
4 b 3
5 c 1
6 d 5
7 d 5
8 d 5
9 d 5
10 d 5
Use a combination of pd.DataFrame.loc and pd.Index.repeat
test.loc[test.index.repeat(test.times)]
id times
0 a 2
0 a 2
1 b 3
1 b 3
1 b 3
2 c 1
3 d 5
3 d 5
3 d 5
3 d 5
3 d 5
To mimic your exact output, use reset_index
test.loc[test.index.repeat(test.times)].reset_index(drop=True)
id times
0 a 2
1 a 2
2 b 3
3 b 3
4 b 3
5 c 1
6 d 5
7 d 5
8 d 5
9 d 5
10 d 5