Filter a pandas dataframe using values from a dict

Abstraction of the above for case of passing array of filter values rather than single value (analogous to pandas.core.series.Series.isin()). Using the same example:

df1 = pd.DataFrame({'A':[1,0,1,1, np.nan], 'B':[1,1,1,0,1], 'C':['right','right','wrong','right', 'right'],'D':[1,2,2,3,4]})
filter_v = {'A':[1], 'B':[1,0], 'C':['right']}
##Start with array of all True
ind = [True] * len(df1)

##Loop through filters, updating index
for col, vals in filter_v.items():
    ind = ind & (df1[col].isin(vals))

##Return filtered dataframe
df1[ind]

##Returns

    A   B    C      D
0   1.0 1   right   1
3   1.0 0   right   3

IIUC, you should be able to do something like this:

>>> df1.loc[(df1[list(filter_v)] == pd.Series(filter_v)).all(axis=1)]
   A  B      C  D
3  1  0  right  3

---

This works by making a Series to compare against:

>>> pd.Series(filter_v)
A        1
B        0
C    right
dtype: object

Selecting the corresponding part of df1:

>>> df1[list(filter_v)]
    A      C  B
0   1  right  1
1   0  right  1
2   1  wrong  1
3   1  right  0
4 NaN  right  1

Finding where they match:

>>> df1[list(filter_v)] == pd.Series(filter_v)
       A      B      C
0   True  False   True
1  False  False   True
2   True  False  False
3   True   True   True
4  False  False   True

Finding where they all match:

>>> (df1[list(filter_v)] == pd.Series(filter_v)).all(axis=1)
0    False
1    False
2    False
3     True
4    False
dtype: bool

And finally using this to index into df1:

>>> df1.loc[(df1[list(filter_v)] == pd.Series(filter_v)).all(axis=1)]
   A  B      C  D
3  1  0  right  3

For python2, that's OK in @primer's answer. But, you should be careful in Python3 because of dict_keys. For instance,

>> df.loc[df[filter_v.keys()].isin(filter_v.values()).all(axis=1), :]
>> TypeError: unhashable type: 'dict_keys'

The correct way to Python3:

df.loc[df[list(filter_v.keys())].isin(list(filter_v.values())).all(axis=1), :]

Here is a way to do it:

df.loc[df[filter_v.keys()].isin(filter_v.values()).all(axis=1), :]

UPDATE:

With values being the same across columns you could then do something like this:

# Create your filtering function:

def filter_dict(df, dic):
    return df[df[dic.keys()].apply(
            lambda x: x.equals(pd.Series(dic.values(), index=x.index, name=x.name)), asix=1)]

# Use it on your DataFrame:

filter_dict(df1, filter_v)

Which yields:

   A  B      C  D
3  1  0  right  3            

If it something that you do frequently you could go as far as to patch DataFrame for an easy access to this filter:

pd.DataFrame.filter_dict_ = filter_dict

And then use this filter like this:

df1.filter_dict_(filter_v)

Which would yield the same result.

BUT, it is not the right way to do it, clearly. I would use DSM's approach.