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How do I select rows from a DataFrame based on column values?

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.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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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
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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tl;dr

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')

Code example

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')
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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]]
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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')
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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'])]]
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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More flexibility using .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
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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]
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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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')```

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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