assign value to dataframe column based on condition code example

Example 1: compute value based on condition of existing column dataframe

# create a list of our conditions
conditions = [
    (df['likes_count'] <= 2),
    (df['likes_count'] > 2) & (df['likes_count'] <= 9),
    (df['likes_count'] > 9) & (df['likes_count'] <= 15),
    (df['likes_count'] > 15)
    ]

# create a list of the values we want to assign for each condition
values = ['tier_4', 'tier_3', 'tier_2', 'tier_1']

# create a new column and use np.select to assign values to it using our lists as arguments
df['tier'] = np.select(conditions, values)

# display updated DataFrame
df.head()

Example 2: set value based on column

df.loc[df['c1'] == 'Value', 'c2'] = 10

Example 3: change pandas column value based on condition

In [41]:
df.loc[df['First Season'] > 1990, 'First Season'] = 1
df

Out[41]:
                 Team  First Season  Total Games
0      Dallas Cowboys          1960          894
1       Chicago Bears          1920         1357
2   Green Bay Packers          1921         1339
3      Miami Dolphins          1966          792
4    Baltimore Ravens             1          326
5  San Franciso 49ers          1950         1003

Example 4: if in df.columns

import pandas as pd

numbers = {'set_of_numbers': [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]}
df = pd.DataFrame(numbers,columns=['set_of_numbers'])

df['equal_or_lower_than_4?'] = df['set_of_numbers'].apply(lambda x: 'True' if x <= 4 else 'False')

print (df)