Why can't I append pandas dataframe in a loop
This happens because the .append() method returns a new df:
Pandas Docs (0.19.2):
pandas.DataFrame.append
Returns: appended: DataFrame
Here's a working example so you can see what's happening in each iteration of the loop:
df1 = pd.DataFrame([[1,2],], columns=['a','b'])
df2 = pd.DataFrame()
for i in range(0,2):
print(df2.append(df1))
> a b
> 0 1 2
> a b
> 0 1 2
If you assign the output of .append() to a df (even the same one) you'll get what you probably expected:
for i in range(0,2):
df2 = df2.append(df1)
print(df2)
> a b
> 0 1 2
> 0 1 2