Data Wrangling in Python – How to Filter pandas Dataframes

Filter pandas Dataframes

Import modules


import pandas as pd

Create Dataframe

data = {'name': ['Jason', 'Molly', 'Tina', 'Jake', 'Amy'], 
        'year': [2012, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2014], 
        'reports': [4, 24, 31, 2, 3],
        'coverage': [25, 94, 57, 62, 70]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data, index = ['Cochice', 'Pima', 'Santa Cruz', 'Maricopa', 'Yuma'])
df
coverage name reports year
Cochice 25 Jason 4 2012
Pima 94 Molly 24 2012
Santa Cruz 57 Tina 31 2013
Maricopa 62 Jake 2 2014
Yuma 70 Amy 3 2014

View Column

df['name']
Cochice       Jason
Pima          Molly
Santa Cruz     Tina
Maricopa       Jake
Yuma            Amy
Name: name, dtype: object

View Two Columns

df[['name', 'reports']]
name reports
Cochice Jason 4
Pima Molly 24
Santa Cruz Tina 31
Maricopa Jake 2
Yuma Amy 3

View First Two Rows

df[:2]
coverage name reports year
Cochice 25 Jason 4 2012
Pima 94 Molly 24 2012

View Rows Where Coverage Is Greater Than 50

df[df['coverage'] > 50]
coverage name reports year
Pima 94 Molly 24 2012
Santa Cruz 57 Tina 31 2013
Maricopa 62 Jake 2 2014
Yuma 70 Amy 3 2014

View Rows Where Coverage Is Greater Than 50 And Reports Less Than 4

df[(df['coverage']  > 50) & (df['reports'] < 4)]
coverage name reports year
Maricopa 62 Jake 2 2014
Yuma 70 Amy 3 2014

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