list isin python code example

Example 1: pandas not in list

>>> df
  countries
0        US
1        UK
2   Germany
3     China
>>> countries
['UK', 'China']
>>> df.countries.isin(countries)
0    False
1     True
2    False
3     True
Name: countries, dtype: bool
>>> df[df.countries.isin(countries)]
  countries
1        UK
3     China
>>> df[~df.countries.isin(countries)]
  countries
0        US
2   Germany

Example 2: determine series is in a list

>>> s = pd.Series(['lama', 'cow', 'lama', 'beetle', 'lama',
...                'hippo'], name='animal')
>>> s.isin(['cow', 'lama'])
0     True
1     True
2     True
3    False
4     True
5    False
Name: animal, dtype: bool