pandas merge on column code example

Example 1: pandas merge python

import pandas as pd
df1 = pd.DataFrame({'lkey': ['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'foo'],
                    'value': [1, 2, 3, 5]})
df2 = pd.DataFrame({'rkey': ['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'foo'],
                    'value': [5, 6, 7, 8]})
df1.merge(df2, left_on='lkey', right_on='rkey')

Example 2: how to merge two column pandas

DataFrame["new_column"] = DataFrame["column1"] + DataFrame["column2"]