Split cell into multiple rows in pandas dataframe
Question:
I have a dataframe contains orders data, each order has multiple packages stored as comma separated string [package & package_code] columns
I want to split the packages data and create a row for each package including its order details
Here is a sample input dataframe:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({"order_id":[1,3,7],"order_date":["20/5/2018","22/5/2018","23/5/2018"], "package":["p1,p2,p3","p4","p5,p6"],"package_code":["#111,#222,#333","#444","#555,#666"]})
And this is what I am trying to achieve as output:
How can I do that with pandas?
Answers:
pandas >= 0.25
Assuming all splittable columns have the same number of comma separated items, you can split on comma and then use Series.explode on each column:
(df.set_index(['order_id', 'order_date'])
.apply(lambda x: x.str.split(',').explode())
.reset_index())
order_id order_date package package_code
0 1 20/5/2018 p1 #111
1 1 20/5/2018 p2 #222
2 1 20/5/2018 p3 #333
3 3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
4 7 23/5/2018 p5 #555
5 7 23/5/2018 p6 #666
Details
Set the columns not to be touched as the index,
df.set_index(['order_id', 'order_date'])
package package_code
order_id order_date
1 20/5/2018 p1,p2,p3 #111,#222,#333
3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
7 23/5/2018 p5,p6 #555,#666
The next step is a 2-step process: Split on comma to get a column of lists, then call explode to explode the list values into their own rows.
_.apply(lambda x: x.str.split(',').explode())
package package_code
order_id order_date
1 20/5/2018 p1 #111
20/5/2018 p2 #222
20/5/2018 p3 #333
3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
7 23/5/2018 p5 #555
23/5/2018 p6 #666
Finally, reset the index.
_.reset_index()
order_id order_date package package_code
0 1 20/5/2018 p1 #111
1 1 20/5/2018 p2 #222
2 1 20/5/2018 p3 #333
3 3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
4 7 23/5/2018 p5 #555
5 7 23/5/2018 p6 #666
pandas <= 0.24
This should work for any number of columns like this. The essence is a little stack-unstacking magic with str.split.
(df.set_index(['order_date', 'order_id'])
.stack()
.str.split(',', expand=True)
.stack()
.unstack(-2)
.reset_index(-1, drop=True)
.reset_index()
)
order_date order_id package package_code
0 20/5/2018 1 p1 #111
1 20/5/2018 1 p2 #222
2 20/5/2018 1 p3 #333
3 22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
4 23/5/2018 7 p5 #555
5 23/5/2018 7 p6 #666
There is another performant alternative involving chain, but you’d need to explicitly chain and repeat every column (a bit of a problem with a lot of columns). Choose whatever fits the description of your problem best, as there’s no single answer.
Details
First, set the columns that are not to be touched as the index.
df.set_index(['order_date', 'order_id'])
package package_code
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 p1,p2,p3 #111,#222,#333
22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
23/5/2018 7 p5,p6 #555,#666
Next, stack the rows.
_.stack()
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 package p1,p2,p3
package_code #111,#222,#333
22/5/2018 3 package p4
package_code #444
23/5/2018 7 package p5,p6
package_code #555,#666
dtype: object
We have a series now. So call str.split on comma.
_.str.split(',', expand=True)
0 1 2
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 package p1 p2 p3
package_code #111 #222 #333
22/5/2018 3 package p4 None None
package_code #444 None None
23/5/2018 7 package p5 p6 None
package_code #555 #666 None
We need to get rid of NULL values, so call stack again.
_.stack()
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 package 0 p1
1 p2
2 p3
package_code 0 #111
1 #222
2 #333
22/5/2018 3 package 0 p4
package_code 0 #444
23/5/2018 7 package 0 p5
1 p6
package_code 0 #555
1 #666
dtype: object
We’re almost there. Now we want the second last level of the index to become our columns, so unstack using unstack(-2) (unstack on the second last level)
_.unstack(-2)
package package_code
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 0 p1 #111
1 p2 #222
2 p3 #333
22/5/2018 3 0 p4 #444
23/5/2018 7 0 p5 #555
1 p6 #666
Get rid of the superfluous last level using reset_index:
_.reset_index(-1, drop=True)
package package_code
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 p1 #111
1 p2 #222
1 p3 #333
22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
23/5/2018 7 p5 #555
7 p6 #666
And finally,
_.reset_index()
order_date order_id package package_code
0 20/5/2018 1 p1 #111
1 20/5/2018 1 p2 #222
2 20/5/2018 1 p3 #333
3 22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
4 23/5/2018 7 p5 #555
5 23/5/2018 7 p6 #666
Here’s one way using numpy.repeat and itertools.chain. Conceptually, this is exactly what you want to do: repeat some values, chain others. Recommended for small numbers of columns, otherwise stack based methods may fare better.
import numpy as np
from itertools import chain
# return list from series of comma-separated strings
def chainer(s):
return list(chain.from_iterable(s.str.split(',')))
# calculate lengths of splits
lens = df['package'].str.split(',').map(len)
# create new dataframe, repeating or chaining as appropriate
res = pd.DataFrame({'order_id': np.repeat(df['order_id'], lens),
'order_date': np.repeat(df['order_date'], lens),
'package': chainer(df['package']),
'package_code': chainer(df['package_code'])})
print(res)
order_id order_date package package_code
0 1 20/5/2018 p1 #111
0 1 20/5/2018 p2 #222
0 1 20/5/2018 p3 #333
1 3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
2 7 23/5/2018 p5 #555
2 7 23/5/2018 p6 #666
Close to cold’s method 🙂
df.set_index(['order_date','order_id']).apply(lambda x : x.str.split(',')).stack().apply(pd.Series).stack().unstack(level=2).reset_index(level=[0,1])
Out[538]:
order_date order_id package package_code
0 20/5/2018 1 p1 #111
1 20/5/2018 1 p2 #222
2 20/5/2018 1 p3 #333
0 22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
0 23/5/2018 7 p5 #555
1 23/5/2018 7 p6 #666
Have a look at today’s pandas release 0.25 :
https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/whatsnew/v0.25.0.html#series-explode-to-split-list-like-values-to-rows
df = pd.DataFrame([{'var1': 'a,b,c', 'var2': 1}, {'var1': 'd,e,f', 'var2': 2}])
df_splitted = df.assign(var1=df.var1.str.split(',')).explode('var1').reset_index(drop=True)
print(df_splitted)
Given that explode only affects list columns anyway, a simple solution is:
# Convert columns of interest to list columns
d["package"] = d["package"].str.split(",")
d["package_code"] = d["package_code"].str.split(",")
# Explode the entire data frame
d = d.apply( pandas.Series.explode )
Advantages:
- Avoids having to moving the core data to an index to “keep it out the way” and therefore doesn’t fail with a “duplicate index” error when the data contains repeats.
Disadvantages:
- Only works if there are no list columns already in the data (although this is almost always the case).
I have a dataframe contains orders data, each order has multiple packages stored as comma separated string [package & package_code] columns
I want to split the packages data and create a row for each package including its order details
Here is a sample input dataframe:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({"order_id":[1,3,7],"order_date":["20/5/2018","22/5/2018","23/5/2018"], "package":["p1,p2,p3","p4","p5,p6"],"package_code":["#111,#222,#333","#444","#555,#666"]})
And this is what I am trying to achieve as output:
How can I do that with pandas?
pandas >= 0.25
Assuming all splittable columns have the same number of comma separated items, you can split on comma and then use Series.explode on each column:
(df.set_index(['order_id', 'order_date'])
.apply(lambda x: x.str.split(',').explode())
.reset_index())
order_id order_date package package_code
0 1 20/5/2018 p1 #111
1 1 20/5/2018 p2 #222
2 1 20/5/2018 p3 #333
3 3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
4 7 23/5/2018 p5 #555
5 7 23/5/2018 p6 #666
Details
Set the columns not to be touched as the index,
df.set_index(['order_id', 'order_date'])
package package_code
order_id order_date
1 20/5/2018 p1,p2,p3 #111,#222,#333
3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
7 23/5/2018 p5,p6 #555,#666
The next step is a 2-step process: Split on comma to get a column of lists, then call explode to explode the list values into their own rows.
_.apply(lambda x: x.str.split(',').explode())
package package_code
order_id order_date
1 20/5/2018 p1 #111
20/5/2018 p2 #222
20/5/2018 p3 #333
3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
7 23/5/2018 p5 #555
23/5/2018 p6 #666
Finally, reset the index.
_.reset_index()
order_id order_date package package_code
0 1 20/5/2018 p1 #111
1 1 20/5/2018 p2 #222
2 1 20/5/2018 p3 #333
3 3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
4 7 23/5/2018 p5 #555
5 7 23/5/2018 p6 #666
pandas <= 0.24
This should work for any number of columns like this. The essence is a little stack-unstacking magic with str.split.
(df.set_index(['order_date', 'order_id'])
.stack()
.str.split(',', expand=True)
.stack()
.unstack(-2)
.reset_index(-1, drop=True)
.reset_index()
)
order_date order_id package package_code
0 20/5/2018 1 p1 #111
1 20/5/2018 1 p2 #222
2 20/5/2018 1 p3 #333
3 22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
4 23/5/2018 7 p5 #555
5 23/5/2018 7 p6 #666
There is another performant alternative involving chain, but you’d need to explicitly chain and repeat every column (a bit of a problem with a lot of columns). Choose whatever fits the description of your problem best, as there’s no single answer.
Details
First, set the columns that are not to be touched as the index.
df.set_index(['order_date', 'order_id'])
package package_code
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 p1,p2,p3 #111,#222,#333
22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
23/5/2018 7 p5,p6 #555,#666
Next, stack the rows.
_.stack()
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 package p1,p2,p3
package_code #111,#222,#333
22/5/2018 3 package p4
package_code #444
23/5/2018 7 package p5,p6
package_code #555,#666
dtype: object
We have a series now. So call str.split on comma.
_.str.split(',', expand=True)
0 1 2
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 package p1 p2 p3
package_code #111 #222 #333
22/5/2018 3 package p4 None None
package_code #444 None None
23/5/2018 7 package p5 p6 None
package_code #555 #666 None
We need to get rid of NULL values, so call stack again.
_.stack()
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 package 0 p1
1 p2
2 p3
package_code 0 #111
1 #222
2 #333
22/5/2018 3 package 0 p4
package_code 0 #444
23/5/2018 7 package 0 p5
1 p6
package_code 0 #555
1 #666
dtype: object
We’re almost there. Now we want the second last level of the index to become our columns, so unstack using unstack(-2) (unstack on the second last level)
_.unstack(-2)
package package_code
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 0 p1 #111
1 p2 #222
2 p3 #333
22/5/2018 3 0 p4 #444
23/5/2018 7 0 p5 #555
1 p6 #666
Get rid of the superfluous last level using reset_index:
_.reset_index(-1, drop=True)
package package_code
order_date order_id
20/5/2018 1 p1 #111
1 p2 #222
1 p3 #333
22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
23/5/2018 7 p5 #555
7 p6 #666
And finally,
_.reset_index()
order_date order_id package package_code
0 20/5/2018 1 p1 #111
1 20/5/2018 1 p2 #222
2 20/5/2018 1 p3 #333
3 22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
4 23/5/2018 7 p5 #555
5 23/5/2018 7 p6 #666
Here’s one way using numpy.repeat and itertools.chain. Conceptually, this is exactly what you want to do: repeat some values, chain others. Recommended for small numbers of columns, otherwise stack based methods may fare better.
import numpy as np
from itertools import chain
# return list from series of comma-separated strings
def chainer(s):
return list(chain.from_iterable(s.str.split(',')))
# calculate lengths of splits
lens = df['package'].str.split(',').map(len)
# create new dataframe, repeating or chaining as appropriate
res = pd.DataFrame({'order_id': np.repeat(df['order_id'], lens),
'order_date': np.repeat(df['order_date'], lens),
'package': chainer(df['package']),
'package_code': chainer(df['package_code'])})
print(res)
order_id order_date package package_code
0 1 20/5/2018 p1 #111
0 1 20/5/2018 p2 #222
0 1 20/5/2018 p3 #333
1 3 22/5/2018 p4 #444
2 7 23/5/2018 p5 #555
2 7 23/5/2018 p6 #666
Close to cold’s method 🙂
df.set_index(['order_date','order_id']).apply(lambda x : x.str.split(',')).stack().apply(pd.Series).stack().unstack(level=2).reset_index(level=[0,1])
Out[538]:
order_date order_id package package_code
0 20/5/2018 1 p1 #111
1 20/5/2018 1 p2 #222
2 20/5/2018 1 p3 #333
0 22/5/2018 3 p4 #444
0 23/5/2018 7 p5 #555
1 23/5/2018 7 p6 #666
Have a look at today’s pandas release 0.25 :
https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/whatsnew/v0.25.0.html#series-explode-to-split-list-like-values-to-rows
df = pd.DataFrame([{'var1': 'a,b,c', 'var2': 1}, {'var1': 'd,e,f', 'var2': 2}])
df_splitted = df.assign(var1=df.var1.str.split(',')).explode('var1').reset_index(drop=True)
print(df_splitted)
Given that explode only affects list columns anyway, a simple solution is:
# Convert columns of interest to list columns
d["package"] = d["package"].str.split(",")
d["package_code"] = d["package_code"].str.split(",")
# Explode the entire data frame
d = d.apply( pandas.Series.explode )
Advantages:
- Avoids having to moving the core data to an index to “keep it out the way” and therefore doesn’t fail with a “duplicate index” error when the data contains repeats.
Disadvantages:
- Only works if there are no list columns already in the data (although this is almost always the case).