pandas: How do I split text in a column into multiple rows?
This splits the Seatblocks by space and gives each its own row.
In [43]: df
Out[43]:
CustNum CustomerName ItemQty Item Seatblocks ItemExt
0 32363 McCartney, Paul 3 F04 2:218:10:4,6 60
1 31316 Lennon, John 25 F01 1:13:36:1,12 1:13:37:1,13 300
In [44]: s = df['Seatblocks'].str.split(' ').apply(Series, 1).stack()
In [45]: s.index = s.index.droplevel(-1) # to line up with df's index
In [46]: s.name = 'Seatblocks' # needs a name to join
In [47]: s
Out[47]:
0 2:218:10:4,6
1 1:13:36:1,12
1 1:13:37:1,13
Name: Seatblocks, dtype: object
In [48]: del df['Seatblocks']
In [49]: df.join(s)
Out[49]:
CustNum CustomerName ItemQty Item ItemExt Seatblocks
0 32363 McCartney, Paul 3 F04 60 2:218:10:4,6
1 31316 Lennon, John 25 F01 300 1:13:36:1,12
1 31316 Lennon, John 25 F01 300 1:13:37:1,13
Or, to give each colon-separated string in its own column:
In [50]: df.join(s.apply(lambda x: Series(x.split(':'))))
Out[50]:
CustNum CustomerName ItemQty Item ItemExt 0 1 2 3
0 32363 McCartney, Paul 3 F04 60 2 218 10 4,6
1 31316 Lennon, John 25 F01 300 1 13 36 1,12
1 31316 Lennon, John 25 F01 300 1 13 37 1,13
This is a little ugly, but maybe someone will chime in with a prettier solution.
Differently from Dan, I consider his answer quite elegant... but unfortunately it is also very very inefficient. So, since the question mentioned "a large csv file", let me suggest to try in a shell Dan's solution:
time python -c "import pandas as pd;
df = pd.DataFrame(['a b c']*100000, columns=['col']);
print df['col'].apply(lambda x : pd.Series(x.split(' '))).head()"
... compared to this alternative:
time python -c "import pandas as pd;
from scipy import array, concatenate;
df = pd.DataFrame(['a b c']*100000, columns=['col']);
print pd.DataFrame(concatenate(df['col'].apply( lambda x : [x.split(' ')]))).head()"
... and this:
time python -c "import pandas as pd;
df = pd.DataFrame(['a b c']*100000, columns=['col']);
print pd.DataFrame(dict(zip(range(3), [df['col'].apply(lambda x : x.split(' ')[i]) for i in range(3)]))).head()"
The second simply refrains from allocating 100 000 Series, and this is enough to make it around 10 times faster. But the third solution, which somewhat ironically wastes a lot of calls to str.split() (it is called once per column per row, so three times more than for the others two solutions), is around 40 times faster than the first, because it even avoids to instance the 100 000 lists. And yes, it is certainly a little ugly...
EDIT: this answer suggests how to use "to_list()" and to avoid the need for a lambda. The result is something like
time python -c "import pandas as pd;
df = pd.DataFrame(['a b c']*100000, columns=['col']);
print pd.DataFrame(df.col.str.split().tolist()).head()"
which is even more efficient than the third solution, and certainly much more elegant.
EDIT: the even simpler
time python -c "import pandas as pd;
df = pd.DataFrame(['a b c']*100000, columns=['col']);
print pd.DataFrame(list(df.col.str.split())).head()"
works too, and is almost as efficient.
EDIT: even simpler! And handles NaNs (but less efficient):
time python -c "import pandas as pd;
df = pd.DataFrame(['a b c']*100000, columns=['col']);
print df.col.str.split(expand=True).head()"
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
df = pd.DataFrame({'ItemQty': {0: 3, 1: 25},
'Seatblocks': {0: '2:218:10:4,6', 1: '1:13:36:1,12 1:13:37:1,13'},
'ItemExt': {0: 60, 1: 300},
'CustomerName': {0: 'McCartney, Paul', 1: 'Lennon, John'},
'CustNum': {0: 32363, 1: 31316},
'Item': {0: 'F04', 1: 'F01'}},
columns=['CustNum','CustomerName','ItemQty','Item','Seatblocks','ItemExt'])
print (df)
CustNum CustomerName ItemQty Item Seatblocks ItemExt
0 32363 McCartney, Paul 3 F04 2:218:10:4,6 60
1 31316 Lennon, John 25 F01 1:13:36:1,12 1:13:37:1,13 300
Another similar solution with chaining is use reset_index and rename:
print (df.drop('Seatblocks', axis=1)
.join
(
df.Seatblocks
.str
.split(expand=True)
.stack()
.reset_index(drop=True, level=1)
.rename('Seatblocks')
))
CustNum CustomerName ItemQty Item ItemExt Seatblocks
0 32363 McCartney, Paul 3 F04 60 2:218:10:4,6
1 31316 Lennon, John 25 F01 300 1:13:36:1,12
1 31316 Lennon, John 25 F01 300 1:13:37:1,13
If in column are NOT NaN values, the fastest solution is use list comprehension with DataFrame constructor:
df = pd.DataFrame(['a b c']*100000, columns=['col'])
In [141]: %timeit (pd.DataFrame(dict(zip(range(3), [df['col'].apply(lambda x : x.split(' ')[i]) for i in range(3)]))))
1 loop, best of 3: 211 ms per loop
In [142]: %timeit (pd.DataFrame(df.col.str.split().tolist()))
10 loops, best of 3: 87.8 ms per loop
In [143]: %timeit (pd.DataFrame(list(df.col.str.split())))
10 loops, best of 3: 86.1 ms per loop
In [144]: %timeit (df.col.str.split(expand=True))
10 loops, best of 3: 156 ms per loop
In [145]: %timeit (pd.DataFrame([ x.split() for x in df['col'].tolist()]))
10 loops, best of 3: 54.1 ms per loop
But if column contains NaN only works str.split with parameter expand=True which return DataFrame (documentation), and it explain why it is slowier:
df = pd.DataFrame(['a b c']*10, columns=['col'])
df.loc[0] = np.nan
print (df.head())
col
0 NaN
1 a b c
2 a b c
3 a b c
4 a b c
print (df.col.str.split(expand=True))
0 1 2
0 NaN None None
1 a b c
2 a b c
3 a b c
4 a b c
5 a b c
6 a b c
7 a b c
8 a b c
9 a b c