add a column to a pandas dataframe based on an if-else condition code example

Example 1: pandas create a new column based on condition of two columns

conditions = [
    df['gender'].eq('male') & df['pet1'].eq(df['pet2']),
    df['gender'].eq('female') & df['pet1'].isin(['cat', 'dog'])
]

choices = [5,5]

df['points'] = np.select(conditions, choices, default=0)

print(df)
     gender      pet1      pet2  points
0      male       dog       dog       5
1      male       cat       cat       5
2      male       dog       cat       0
3    female       cat  squirrel       5
4    female       dog       dog       5
5    female  squirrel       cat       0
6  squirrel       dog       cat       0

Example 2: add a value to an existing field in pandas dataframe after checking conditions

# Create a new column called based on the value of another column
# np.where assigns True if gapminder.lifeExp>=50 
gapminder['lifeExp_ind'] = np.where(gapminder.lifeExp >= 50, True, False)
gapminder.head(n=3)