How can I select rows from a DataFrame based on values in some column in Pandas?
In SQL, I would use:
SELECT *
FROM table
WHERE column_name = some_value
I tried to look at Pandas' documentation, but I did not immediately find the answer.
To select rows whose column value equals a scalar, some_value, use ==:
df.loc[df['column_name'] == some_value]
To select rows whose column value is in an iterable, some_values, use isin:
df.loc[df['column_name'].isin(some_values)]
Combine multiple conditions with &:
df.loc[(df['column_name'] >= A) & (df['column_name'] <= B)]
Note the parentheses. Due to Python's operator precedence rules, & binds more tightly than <= and >=. Thus, the parentheses in the last example are necessary. Without the parentheses
df['column_name'] >= A & df['column_name'] <= B
is parsed as
df['column_name'] >= (A & df['column_name']) <= B
which results in a Truth value of a Series is ambiguous error.
To select rows whose column value does not equal some_value, use !=:
df.loc[df['column_name'] != some_value]
isin returns a boolean Series, so to select rows whose value is not in some_values, negate the boolean Series using ~:
df.loc[~df['column_name'].isin(some_values)]
For example,
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
df = pd.DataFrame({'A': 'foo bar foo bar foo bar foo foo'.split(),
'B': 'one one two three two two one three'.split(),
'C': np.arange(8), 'D': np.arange(8) * 2})
print(df)
# A B C D
# 0 foo one 0 0
# 1 bar one 1 2
# 2 foo two 2 4
# 3 bar three 3 6
# 4 foo two 4 8
# 5 bar two 5 10
# 6 foo one 6 12
# 7 foo three 7 14
print(df.loc[df['A'] == 'foo'])
yields
A B C D
0 foo one 0 0
2 foo two 2 4
4 foo two 4 8
6 foo one 6 12
7 foo three 7 14
If you have multiple values you want to include, put them in a
list (or more generally, any iterable) and use isin:
print(df.loc[df['B'].isin(['one','three'])])
yields
A B C D
0 foo one 0 0
1 bar one 1 2
3 bar three 3 6
6 foo one 6 12
7 foo three 7 14
Note, however, that if you wish to do this many times, it is more efficient to
make an index first, and then use df.loc:
df = df.set_index(['B'])
print(df.loc['one'])
yields
A C D
B
one foo 0 0
one bar 1 2
one foo 6 12
or, to include multiple values from the index use df.index.isin:
df.loc[df.index.isin(['one','two'])]
yields
A C D
B
one foo 0 0
one bar 1 2
two foo 2 4
two foo 4 8
two bar 5 10
one foo 6 12
Here is a simple example
from pandas import DataFrame
# Create data set
d = {'Revenue':[100,111,222],
'Cost':[333,444,555]}
df = DataFrame(d)
# mask = Return True when the value in column "Revenue" is equal to 111
mask = df['Revenue'] == 111
print mask
# Result:
# 0 False
# 1 True
# 2 False
# Name: Revenue, dtype: bool
# Select * FROM df WHERE Revenue = 111
df[mask]
# Result:
# Cost Revenue
# 1 444 111
The Pandas equivalent to
select * from table where column_name = some_value
is
table[table.column_name == some_value]
Multiple conditions:
table[(table.column_name == some_value) | (table.column_name2 == some_value2)]
or
table.query('column_name == some_value | column_name2 == some_value2')
import pandas as pd
# Create data set
d = {'foo':[100, 111, 222],
'bar':[333, 444, 555]}
df = pd.DataFrame(d)
# Full dataframe:
df
# Shows:
# bar foo
# 0 333 100
# 1 444 111
# 2 555 222
# Output only the row(s) in df where foo is 222:
df[df.foo == 222]
# Shows:
# bar foo
# 2 555 222
In the above code it is the line df[df.foo == 222] that gives the rows based on the column value, 222 in this case.
Multiple conditions are also possible:
df[(df.foo == 222) | (df.bar == 444)]
# bar foo
# 1 444 111
# 2 555 222
But at that point I would recommend using the query function, since it's less verbose and yields the same result:
df.query('foo == 222 | bar == 444')
For selecting only specific columns out of multiple columns for a given value in Pandas:
select col_name1, col_name2 from table where column_name = some_value.
Options loc:
df.loc[df['column_name'] == some_value, [col_name1, col_name2]]
or query:
df.query('column_name == some_value')[[col_name1, col_name2]]
Faster results can be achieved using numpy.where.
For example, with unubtu's setup -
In [76]: df.iloc[np.where(df.A.values=='foo')]
Out[76]:
A B C D
0 foo one 0 0
2 foo two 2 4
4 foo two 4 8
6 foo one 6 12
7 foo three 7 14
Timing comparisons:
In [68]: %timeit df.iloc[np.where(df.A.values=='foo')] # fastest
1000 loops, best of 3: 380 µs per loop
In [69]: %timeit df.loc[df['A'] == 'foo']
1000 loops, best of 3: 745 µs per loop
In [71]: %timeit df.loc[df['A'].isin(['foo'])]
1000 loops, best of 3: 562 µs per loop
In [72]: %timeit df[df.A=='foo']
1000 loops, best of 3: 796 µs per loop
In [74]: %timeit df.query('(A=="foo")') # slowest
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.71 ms per loop
To append to this famous question (though a bit too late): You can also do df.groupby('column_name').get_group('column_desired_value').reset_index() to make a new data frame with specified column having a particular value. E.g.
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({'A': 'foo bar foo bar foo bar foo foo'.split(),
'B': 'one one two three two two one three'.split()})
print("Original dataframe:")
print(df)
b_is_two_dataframe = pd.DataFrame(df.groupby('B').get_group('two').reset_index()).drop('index', axis = 1)
#NOTE: the final drop is to remove the extra index column returned by groupby object
print('Sub dataframe where B is two:')
print(b_is_two_dataframe)
Run this gives:
Original dataframe:
A B
0 foo one
1 bar one
2 foo two
3 bar three
4 foo two
5 bar two
6 foo one
7 foo three
Sub dataframe where B is two:
A B
0 foo two
1 foo two
2 bar two
I find the syntax of the previous answers to be redundant and difficult to remember. Pandas introduced the query() method in v0.13 and I much prefer it. For your question, you could do df.query('col == val')
Reproduced from http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/version/0.17.0/indexing.html#indexing-query
In [167]: n = 10
In [168]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(n, 3), columns=list('abc'))
In [169]: df
Out[169]:
a b c
0 0.687704 0.582314 0.281645
1 0.250846 0.610021 0.420121
2 0.624328 0.401816 0.932146
3 0.011763 0.022921 0.244186
4 0.590198 0.325680 0.890392
5 0.598892 0.296424 0.007312
6 0.634625 0.803069 0.123872
7 0.924168 0.325076 0.303746
8 0.116822 0.364564 0.454607
9 0.986142 0.751953 0.561512
# pure python
In [170]: df[(df.a < df.b) & (df.b < df.c)]
Out[170]:
a b c
3 0.011763 0.022921 0.244186
8 0.116822 0.364564 0.454607
# query
In [171]: df.query('(a < b) & (b < c)')
Out[171]:
a b c
3 0.011763 0.022921 0.244186
8 0.116822 0.364564 0.454607
You can also access variables in the environment by prepending an @.
exclude = ('red', 'orange')
df.query('color not in @exclude')
In newer versions of Pandas, inspired by the documentation (Viewing data):
df[df["colume_name"] == some_value] #Scalar, True/False..
df[df["colume_name"] == "some_value"] #String
Combine multiple conditions by putting the clause in parentheses, (), and combining them with & and | (and/or). Like this:
df[(df["colume_name"] == "some_value1") & (pd[pd["colume_name"] == "some_value2"])]
Other filters
pandas.notna(df["colume_name"]) == True # Not NaN
df['colume_name'].str.contains("text") # Search for "text"
df['colume_name'].str.lower().str.contains("text") # Search for "text", after converting to lowercase
You can also use .apply:
df.apply(lambda row: row[df['B'].isin(['one','three'])])
It actually works row-wise (i.e., applies the function to each row).
The output is
A B C D
0 foo one 0 0
1 bar one 1 2
3 bar three 3 6
6 foo one 6 12
7 foo three 7 14
The results is the same as using as mentioned by @unutbu
df[[df['B'].isin(['one','three'])]]
.query with pandas >= 0.25.0:August 2019 updated answer
Since pandas >= 0.25.0 we can use the query method to filter dataframes with pandas methods and even column names which have spaces. Normally the spaces in column names would give an error, but now we can solve that using a backtick (`) - see GitHub:
# Example dataframe
df = pd.DataFrame({'Sender email':['ex@example.com', "reply@shop.com", "buy@shop.com"]})
Sender email
0 ex@example.com
1 reply@shop.com
2 buy@shop.com
Using .query with method str.endswith:
df.query('`Sender email`.str.endswith("@shop.com")')
Output
Sender email
1 reply@shop.com
2 buy@shop.com
Also we can use local variables by prefixing it with an @ in our query:
domain = 'shop.com'
df.query('`Sender email`.str.endswith(@domain)')
Output
Sender email
1 reply@shop.com
2 buy@shop.com
If you want to make query to your dataframe repeatedly and speed is important to you, the best thing is to convert your dataframe to dictionary and then by doing this you can make query thousands of times faster.
my_df = df.set_index(column_name)
my_dict = my_df.to_dict('index')
After make my_dict dictionary you can go through:
if some_value in my_dict.keys():
my_result = my_dict[some_value]
If you have duplicated values in column_name you can't make a dictionary. but you can use:
my_result = my_df.loc[some_value]
Great answers. Only, when the size of the dataframe approaches million rows, many of the methods tend to take ages when using df[df['col']==val]. I wanted to have all possible values of "another_column" that correspond to specific values in "some_column" (in this case in a dictionary). This worked and fast.
s=datetime.datetime.now()
my_dict={}
for i, my_key in enumerate(df['some_column'].values):
if i%100==0:
print(i) # to see the progress
if my_key not in my_dict.keys():
my_dict[my_key]={}
my_dict[my_key]['values']=[df.iloc[i]['another_column']]
else:
my_dict[my_key]['values'].append(df.iloc[i]['another_column'])
e=datetime.datetime.now()
print('operation took '+str(e-s)+' seconds')```