I have a dataframe along the lines of the below:
Type Set
1 A Z
2 B Z
3 B X
4 C Y
I want to add another column to the dataframe (or generate a series) of the same length as the dataframe (equal number of records/rows) which sets a colour 'green' if Set == 'Z' and 'red' if Set equals anything else.
What's the best way to do this?
If you only have two choices to select from:
df['color'] = np.where(df['Set']=='Z', 'green', 'red')
For example,
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
df = pd.DataFrame({'Type':list('ABBC'), 'Set':list('ZZXY')})
df['color'] = np.where(df['Set']=='Z', 'green', 'red')
print(df)
yields
Set Type color
0 Z A green
1 Z B green
2 X B red
3 Y C red
If you have more than two conditions then use np.select. For example, if you want color to be
yellow when (df['Set'] == 'Z') & (df['Type'] == 'A')blue when (df['Set'] == 'Z') & (df['Type'] == 'B') purple when (df['Type'] == 'B')black,then use
df = pd.DataFrame({'Type':list('ABBC'), 'Set':list('ZZXY')})
conditions = [
(df['Set'] == 'Z') & (df['Type'] == 'A'),
(df['Set'] == 'Z') & (df['Type'] == 'B'),
(df['Type'] == 'B')]
choices = ['yellow', 'blue', 'purple']
df['color'] = np.select(conditions, choices, default='black')
print(df)
which yields
Set Type color
0 Z A yellow
1 Z B blue
2 X B purple
3 Y C black
List comprehension is another way to create another column conditionally. If you are working with object dtypes in columns, like in your example, list comprehensions typically outperform most other methods.
Example list comprehension:
df['color'] = ['red' if x == 'Z' else 'green' for x in df['Set']]
%timeit tests:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
df = pd.DataFrame({'Type':list('ABBC'), 'Set':list('ZZXY')})
%timeit df['color'] = ['red' if x == 'Z' else 'green' for x in df['Set']]
%timeit df['color'] = np.where(df['Set']=='Z', 'green', 'red')
%timeit df['color'] = df.Set.map( lambda x: 'red' if x == 'Z' else 'green')
1000 loops, best of 3: 239 µs per loop
1000 loops, best of 3: 523 µs per loop
1000 loops, best of 3: 263 µs per loop
Here's yet another way to skin this cat, using a dictionary to map new values onto the keys in the list:
def map_values(row, values_dict):
return values_dict[row]
values_dict = {'A': 1, 'B': 2, 'C': 3, 'D': 4}
df = pd.DataFrame({'INDICATOR': ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'], 'VALUE': [10, 9, 8, 7]})
df['NEW_VALUE'] = df['INDICATOR'].apply(map_values, args = (values_dict,))
What's it look like:
df
Out[2]:
INDICATOR VALUE NEW_VALUE
0 A 10 1
1 B 9 2
2 C 8 3
3 D 7 4
This approach can be very powerful when you have many ifelse-type statements to make (i.e. many unique values to replace).
And of course you could always do this:
df['NEW_VALUE'] = df['INDICATOR'].map(values_dict)
But that approach is more than three times as slow as the apply approach from above, on my machine.
And you could also do this, using dict.get:
df['NEW_VALUE'] = [values_dict.get(v, None) for v in df['INDICATOR']]
The following is slower than the approaches timed here, but we can compute the extra column based on the contents of more than one column, and more than two values can be computed for the extra column.
Simple example using just the "Set" column:
def set_color(row):
if row["Set"] == "Z":
return "red"
else:
return "green"
df = df.assign(color=df.apply(set_color, axis=1))
print(df)
Set Type color
0 Z A red
1 Z B red
2 X B green
3 Y C green
Example with more colours and more columns taken into account:
def set_color(row):
if row["Set"] == "Z":
return "red"
elif row["Type"] == "C":
return "blue"
else:
return "green"
df = df.assign(color=df.apply(set_color, axis=1))
print(df)
Set Type color
0 Z A red
1 Z B red
2 X B green
3 Y C blue
It is also possible to use plydata to do this kind of things (this seems even slower than using assign and apply, though).
from plydata import define, if_else
Simple if_else:
df = define(df, color=if_else('Set=="Z"', '"red"', '"green"'))
print(df)
Set Type color
0 Z A red
1 Z B red
2 X B green
3 Y C green
Nested if_else:
df = define(df, color=if_else(
'Set=="Z"',
'"red"',
if_else('Type=="C"', '"green"', '"blue"')))
print(df)
Set Type color
0 Z A red
1 Z B red
2 X B blue
3 Y C green
You can simply use the powerful .loc method and use one condition or several depending on your need (tested with pandas=1.0.5).
Code Summary:
df=pd.DataFrame(dict(Type='A B B C'.split(), Set='Z Z X Y'.split()))
df['Color'] = "red"
df.loc[(df['Set']=="Z"), 'Color'] = "green"
#practice!
df.loc[(df['Set']=="Z")&(df['Type']=="B")|(df['Type']=="C"), 'Color'] = "purple"
Explanation:
df=pd.DataFrame(dict(Type='A B B C'.split(), Set='Z Z X Y'.split()))
# df so far:
Type Set
0 A Z
1 B Z
2 B X
3 C Y
add a 'color' column and set all values to "red"
df['Color'] = "red"
Apply your single condition:
df.loc[(df['Set']=="Z"), 'Color'] = "green"
# df:
Type Set Color
0 A Z green
1 B Z green
2 B X red
3 C Y red
or multiple conditions if you want:
df.loc[(df['Set']=="Z")&(df['Type']=="B")|(df['Type']=="C"), 'Color'] = "purple"
You can read on Pandas logical operators and conditional selection here: Logical operators for boolean indexing in Pandas
You can use pandas methods where and mask:
df['color'] = 'green'
df['color'] = df['color'].where(df['Set']=='Z', other='red')
# Replace values where the condition is False
or
df['color'] = 'red'
df['color'] = df['color'].mask(df['Set']=='Z', other='green')
# Replace values where the condition is True
Output:
Type Set color
1 A Z green
2 B Z green
3 B X red
4 C Y red
If you're working with massive data, a memoized approach would be best:
# First create a dictionary of manually stored values
color_dict = {'Z':'red'}
# Second, build a dictionary of "other" values
color_dict_other = {x:'green' for x in df['Set'].unique() if x not in color_dict.keys()}
# Next, merge the two
color_dict.update(color_dict_other)
# Finally, map it to your column
df['color'] = df['Set'].map(color_dict)
This approach will be fastest when you have many repeated values. My general rule of thumb is to memoize when: data_size > 10**4 & n_distinct < data_size/4
E.x. Memoize in a case 10,000 rows with 2,500 or fewer distinct values.
if you have only 2 choices, use np.where()
df = pd.DataFrame({'A':range(3)})
df['B'] = np.where(df.A>2, 'yes', 'no')
if you have over 2 choices, maybe apply() could work
input
arr = pd.DataFrame({'A':list('abc'), 'B':range(3), 'C':range(3,6), 'D':range(6, 9)})
and arr is
A B C D
0 a 0 3 6
1 b 1 4 7
2 c 2 5 8
if you want the column E tobe if arr.A =='a' then arr.B elif arr.A=='b' then arr.C elif arr.A == 'c' then arr.D else something_else
arr['E'] = arr.apply(lambda x: x['B'] if x['A']=='a' else(x['C'] if x['A']=='b' else(x['D'] if x['A']=='c' else 1234)), axis=1)
and finally the arr is
A B C D E
0 a 0 3 6 0
1 b 1 4 7 4
2 c 2 5 8 8
