pandas Reshaping and pivoting Stacking and unstacking
Example
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
np.random.seed(0)
tuples = list(zip(*[['bar', 'bar', 'foo', 'foo', 'qux', 'qux'],
['one', 'two', 'one', 'two','one', 'two']]))
idx = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, names=['first', 'second'])
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(6, 2), index=idx, columns=['A', 'B'])
print (df)
A B
first second
bar one 1.764052 0.400157
two 0.978738 2.240893
foo one 1.867558 -0.977278
two 0.950088 -0.151357
qux one -0.103219 0.410599
two 0.144044 1.454274
print (df.stack())
first second
bar one A 1.764052
B 0.400157
two A 0.978738
B 2.240893
foo one A 1.867558
B -0.977278
two A 0.950088
B -0.151357
qux one A -0.103219
B 0.410599
two A 0.144044
B 1.454274
dtype: float64
#reset index, rename column name
print (df.stack().reset_index(name='val2').rename(columns={'level_2': 'val1'}))
first second val1 val2
0 bar one A 1.764052
1 bar one B 0.400157
2 bar two A 0.978738
3 bar two B 2.240893
4 foo one A 1.867558
5 foo one B -0.977278
6 foo two A 0.950088
7 foo two B -0.151357
8 qux one A -0.103219
9 qux one B 0.410599
10 qux two A 0.144044
11 qux two B 1.454274
print (df.unstack())
A B
second one two one two
first
bar 1.764052 0.978738 0.400157 2.240893
foo 1.867558 0.950088 -0.977278 -0.151357
qux -0.103219 0.144044 0.410599 1.454274
rename_axis (new in pandas 0.18.0):
#reset index, remove columns names
df1 = df.unstack().reset_index().rename_axis((None,None), axis=1)
#reset MultiIndex in columns with list comprehension
df1.columns = ['_'.join(col).strip('_') for col in df1.columns]
print (df1)
first A_one A_two B_one B_two
0 bar 1.764052 0.978738 0.400157 2.240893
1 foo 1.867558 0.950088 -0.977278 -0.151357
2 qux -0.103219 0.144044 0.410599 1.454274
pandas bellow 0.18.0
#reset index
df1 = df.unstack().reset_index()
#remove columns names
df1.columns.names = (None, None)
#reset MultiIndex in columns with list comprehension
df1.columns = ['_'.join(col).strip('_') for col in df1.columns]
print (df1)
first A_one A_two B_one B_two
0 bar 1.764052 0.978738 0.400157 2.240893
1 foo 1.867558 0.950088 -0.977278 -0.151357
2 qux -0.103219 0.144044 0.410599 1.454274
