pandas update column based on another column code example

Example 1: change column value based on another column pandas

# Changes the 'is_electric' column based on value in the 'type' column
# If the 'type' column == 'electric' then the 'is_electric' becomes 'YES'
df['is_electric']= df['type'].apply(lambda x: 'YES' if (x == 'electric') else 'NO')

Example 2: how to change entry in a row based on another columns entry python

import pandas
df = pandas.read_csv("test.csv")
df.loc[df.ID == 103, 'FirstName'] = "Matt"
df.loc[df.ID == 103, 'LastName'] = "Jones"