Pandas DataFrame.ix[] Function

Minahil Noor Jan 30, 2023 Pandas Pandas DataFrame
  1. Syntax of pandas.DataFrame.ix[]:
  2. Example Codes: DataFrame.ix[] Method to Slice Row Index
  3. Example Codes: DataFrame.ix[] Method to Slice Column Index
  4. Example Codes: DataFrame.ix[] Method to Slice Column Label
Pandas DataFrame.ix[] Function
Warning
DataFrame.ix is deprecated from Pandas version 0.20.0. You can use the more strict indexing method like loc and iloc.

Python Pandas DataFrame.ix[] function slices rows or columns depending upon the value of the parameters.

Syntax of pandas.DataFrame.ix[]:

DataFrame.ix[index = None,
             label = None]

Parameters
index An integer or list of integers for slicing row index.
label A string, integer, list of string, or integer for slicing column labels.

Return

It returns the modified DataFrame.

Example Codes: DataFrame.ix[] Method to Slice Row Index

import pandas as pd

dataframe=pd.DataFrame({'Attendance': {0: 60, 1: 100, 2: 80,3: 78,4: 95},
                        'Name': {0: 'Olivia', 1: 'John', 2: 'Laura',3: 'Ben',4: 'Kevin'},
                        'Obtained Marks': {0: 90, 1: 75, 2: 82, 3: 64, 4: 45}})

print("The Original Data frame is: \n")
print(dataframe)

dataframe1 = dataframe.ix[:2, ]
print("The Modified Data frame is: \n")
print(dataframe1)

Output:

The Original Data frame is: 

   Attendance    Name  Obtained Marks
0          60  Olivia              90
1         100    John              75
2          80   Laura              82
3          78     Ben              64
4          95   Kevin              45
The Modified Data frame is: 

   Attendance    Name  Obtained Marks
0          60  Olivia              90
1         100    John              75
2          80   Laura              82

It has sliced row indexes 3 and 4.

Example Codes: DataFrame.ix[] Method to Slice Column Index

To slice the column of DataFrame in Pandas, we will call the ix[] function for the column label using the index.

import pandas as pd

dataframe=pd.DataFrame({'Attendance': {0: 60, 1: 100, 2: 80,3: 78,4: 95},
                        'Name': {0: 'Olivia', 1: 'John', 2: 'Laura',3: 'Ben',4: 'Kevin'},
                        'Obtained Marks': {0: 90, 1: 75, 2: 82, 3: 64, 4: 45}})

print("The Original Data frame is: \n")
print(dataframe)

dataframe1 = dataframe.ix[ : , :1]
print("The Modified Data frame is: \n")
print(dataframe1)

Output:

The Original Data frame is: 

   Attendance    Name  Obtained Marks
0          60  Olivia              90
1         100    John              75
2          80   Laura              82
3          78     Ben              64
4          95   Kevin              45
The Modified Data frame is: 

   Attendance
0          60
1         100
2          80
3          78
4          95

Now it has returned the first column of the DataFrame only.

Example Codes: DataFrame.ix[] Method to Slice Column Label

We can also pass the column label as a parameter to keep that column and slice other columns.

import pandas as pd

dataframe=pd.DataFrame({'Attendance': {0: 60, 1: 100, 2: 80,3: 78,4: 95},
                        'Name': {0: 'Olivia', 1: 'John', 2: 'Laura',3: 'Ben',4: 'Kevin'},
                        'Obtained Marks': {0: 90, 1: 75, 2: 82, 3: 64, 4: 45}})

print("The Original Data frame is: \n")
print(dataframe)

dataframe1 = dataframe.ix[ : ,"Name"]
print("The Modified Data frame is: \n")
print(dataframe1)

Output:

The Original Data frame is: 

   Attendance    Name  Obtained Marks
0          60  Olivia              90
1         100    John              75
2          80   Laura              82
3          78     Ben              64
4          95   Kevin              45
The Modified Data frame is: 

0    Olivia
1      John
2     Laura
3       Ben
4     Kevin
Name: Name, dtype: object

The function has sliced the other columns while keeping the Name column. But you should notice that the function has kept Name column values and sliced its label.

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