count number of values in column pandas code example

Example 1: count values pandas

>>> index = pd.Index([3, 1, 2, 3, 4, np.nan])
>>> index.value_counts()
3.0    2
4.0    1
2.0    1
1.0    1
dtype: int64

Example 2: pandas get count of column

df['column_name'].value_counts()

Example 3: count na pandas

>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"Person":
...                    ["John", "Myla", "Lewis", "John", "Myla"],
...                    "Age": [24., np.nan, 21., 33, 26],
...                    "Single": [False, True, True, True, False]})
>>> df
   Person   Age  Single
0    John  24.0   False
1    Myla   NaN    True
2   Lewis  21.0    True
3    John  33.0    True
4    Myla  26.0   False

df.count()
Person    5
Age       4
Single    5
dtype: int64

Example 4: pandas count values by column

df = pd.DataFrame({'a':list('abssbab')})
df.groupby('a').count()