append to empty df code example

Example 1: empty dataframe

newDF = pd.DataFrame() #creates a new dataframe that's empty
newDF = newDF.append(oldDF, ignore_index = True) # ignoring index is optional
# try printing some data from newDF
print newDF.head() #again optional

Example 2: append a dataframe to an empty dataframe

df = df.append(<dataframe_to_be_appended>)