pandas apply if statement code example

Example 1: pandas if python

import pandas as pd

names = {'First_name': ['Jon','Bill','Maria','Emma']}
df = pd.DataFrame(names,columns=['First_name'])

df.loc[(df['First_name'] == 'Bill') | (df['First_name'] == 'Emma'), 'name_match'] = 'Match'  
df.loc[(df['First_name'] != 'Bill') & (df['First_name'] != 'Emma'), 'name_match'] = 'Mismatch'  

print (df)

Example 2: pandas if python

import pandas as pd

names = {'First_name': ['Jon','Bill','Maria','Emma']}
df = pd.DataFrame(names,columns=['First_name'])

df.loc[df['First_name'] == 'Bill', 'name_match'] = 'Match'  
df.loc[df['First_name'] != 'Bill', 'name_match'] = 'Mismatch'  
 
print (df)