pd.DataFrame({'col1': [1, np.nan, np.nan, 4, 7],
'col2': [4, 5, np.nan, 9, 5]})
I want sum of null values (col1, col2) to be null How it can be achieved?
d['SUM' ]=d[[ ' col1' , 'col2' ]]. sum (axis=1)
d
With the sum function I got sum of null values as
'O'
COl1 col2 SUM
0 1.0 4.0 5.0
1 NaN 5.0 5.0
NaN NaN 0.0
3 4.0 9.0 13.0
4 7.0 5.0 12.0
You can mask according to your rule:
cols = ['col1', 'col2']
df['SUM'] = df[cols].sum(axis=1).mask(df[cols].isna().all(1))
output:
col1 col2 SUM
0 1.0 4.0 5.0
1 NaN 5.0 5.0
2 NaN NaN NaN
3 4.0 9.0 13.0
4 7.0 5.0 12.0
If you want any NaN to yield NaN:
cols = ['col1', 'col2']
df['SUM'] = df[cols].sum(axis=1, skipna=False)
output:
col1 col2 SUM
0 1.0 4.0 5.0
1 NaN 5.0 NaN
2 NaN NaN NaN
3 4.0 9.0 13.0
4 7.0 5.0 12.0
I have two dataframes called "co_df" (has 2 columns -> Date, Average) and "traffic_df" (has 6 columns that include 'Date' as well). The co_df dataframe has the CO emissions data from every day in 2019, meaning it has 365 columns. The traffic_df dataframe has 587 columns. I only want to work with the 2019 values.
The dataframes are as shown -
I want to join the two dataframes by date so that the resultant dataframe would have 7 columns. So, I wanted to try left merge and this is the code I wrote ->
df = pd.merge(co_df, traffic_df, how="left", on="Date")
However, this results in a dataframe with 365 rows but the Average column only has value and all the other columns from traffic_df are all NaN.
You can try this:
dummy sets
co_df = pd.DataFrame({'Date': ['2019-01-01', '2019-01-02', '2019-01-03','2019-01-04'],
'Average': [1, 2, 3, 4]
})
traffic_df = pd.DataFrame({'Date': ['2019-01-01', '2019-01-12', '2019-01-13','2019-01-14'],
'Highway': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'Section': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'Section Length': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'ADT': [1, 2, 3, 4],
'AADT': [1, 2, 3, 4],
})
code
df = pd.merge(co_df, traffic_df, on="Date", how="outer")
result
df
Out[10]:
Date Average Highway Section Section Length ADT AADT
0 2019-01-01 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
1 2019-01-02 2.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
2 2019-01-03 3.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
3 2019-01-04 4.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
4 2019-01-12 NaN 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
5 2019-01-13 NaN 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
6 2019-01-14 NaN 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Let's say I have data like this:
df = pd.DataFrame({'col1': [5, np.nan, 2, 2, 5, np.nan, 4], 'col2':[1,3,np.nan,np.nan,5,np.nan,4]})
print(df)
col1 col2
0 5.0 1.0
1 NaN 3.0
2 2.0 NaN
3 2.0 NaN
4 5.0 5.0
5 NaN NaN
6 4.0 4.0
How can I use fillna() to replace NaN values with the average of the prior and the succeeding value if both of them are not NaN ?
The result would look like this:
col1 col2
0 5.0 1.0
1 3.5 3.0
2 2.0 NaN
3 2.0 NaN
4 5.0 5.0
5 4.5 4.5
6 4.0 4.0
Also, is there a way of calculating the average from the previous n and succeeding n values (if they are all not NaN) ?
We can shift the dataframe forward and backwards. Then add these together and divide them by two and use that to fillna:
s1, s2 = df.shift(), df.shift(-1)
df = df.fillna((s1 + s2) / 2)
col1 col2
0 5.0 1.0
1 3.5 3.0
2 2.0 NaN
3 2.0 NaN
4 5.0 5.0
5 4.5 4.5
6 4.0 4.0
I want to fill missing value with the average of previous N row value, example is shown below:
N=2
df = pd.DataFrame([[np.nan, 2, np.nan, 0],
[3, 4, np.nan, 1],
[np.nan, np.nan, np.nan, 5],
[np.nan, 3, np.nan, np.nan]],
columns=list('ABCD'))
DataFrame is like:
A B C D
0 NaN 2.0 NaN 0
1 3.0 4.0 NaN 1
2 NaN NaN NaN 5
3 NaN 3.0 NaN NaN
Result should be:
A B C D
0 NaN 2.0 NaN 0
1 3.0 4.0 NaN 1
2 NaN (4+2)/2 NaN 5
3 NaN 3.0 NaN (1+5)/2
I am wondering if there is elegant and fast way to achieve this without for loop.
rolling + mean + shift
You will need to modify the below logic to interpret the mean of NaN and another value, in the case where one of the previous two values are null.
df = df.fillna(df.rolling(2).mean().shift())
print(df)
A B C D
0 NaN 2.0 NaN 0.0
1 3.0 4.0 NaN 1.0
2 NaN 3.0 NaN 5.0
3 NaN 3.0 NaN 3.0
I'm looking for a method that behaves similarly to coalesce in T-SQL. I have 2 columns (column A and B) that are sparsely populated in a pandas dataframe. I'd like to create a new column using the following rules:
If the value in column A is not null, use that value for the new column C
If the value in column A is null, use the value in column B for the new column C
Like I mentioned, this can be accomplished in MS SQL Server via the coalesce function. I haven't found a good pythonic method for this; does one exist?
use combine_first():
In [16]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randint(0, 10, size=(10, 2)), columns=list('ab'))
In [17]: df.loc[::2, 'a'] = np.nan
In [18]: df
Out[18]:
a b
0 NaN 0
1 5.0 5
2 NaN 8
3 2.0 8
4 NaN 3
5 9.0 4
6 NaN 7
7 2.0 0
8 NaN 6
9 2.0 5
In [19]: df['c'] = df.a.combine_first(df.b)
In [20]: df
Out[20]:
a b c
0 NaN 0 0.0
1 5.0 5 5.0
2 NaN 8 8.0
3 2.0 8 2.0
4 NaN 3 3.0
5 9.0 4 9.0
6 NaN 7 7.0
7 2.0 0 2.0
8 NaN 6 6.0
9 2.0 5 2.0
Coalesce for multiple columns with DataFrame.bfill
All these methods work for two columns and are fine with maybe three columns, but they all require method chaining if you have n columns when n > 2:
example dataframe:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({'col1':[np.NaN, 2, 4, 5, np.NaN],
'col2':[np.NaN, 5, 1, 0, np.NaN],
'col3':[2, np.NaN, 9, 1, np.NaN],
'col4':[np.NaN, 10, 11, 4, 8]})
print(df)
col1 col2 col3 col4
0 NaN NaN 2.0 NaN
1 2.0 5.0 NaN 10.0
2 4.0 1.0 9.0 11.0
3 5.0 0.0 1.0 4.0
4 NaN NaN NaN 8.0
Using DataFrame.bfill over the columns axis (axis=1) we can get the values in a generalized way even for a big n amount of columns
Plus, this would also work for string type columns !!
df['coalesce'] = df.bfill(axis=1).iloc[:, 0]
col1 col2 col3 col4 coalesce
0 NaN NaN 2.0 NaN 2.0
1 2.0 5.0 NaN 10.0 2.0
2 4.0 1.0 9.0 11.0 4.0
3 5.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 5.0
4 NaN NaN NaN 8.0 8.0
Using the Series.combine_first (accepted answer), it can get quite cumbersome and would eventually be undoable when amount of columns grow
df['coalesce'] = (
df['col1'].combine_first(df['col2'])
.combine_first(df['col3'])
.combine_first(df['col4'])
)
col1 col2 col3 col4 coalesce
0 NaN NaN 2.0 NaN 2.0
1 2.0 5.0 NaN 10.0 2.0
2 4.0 1.0 9.0 11.0 4.0
3 5.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 5.0
4 NaN NaN NaN 8.0 8.0
Try this also.. easier to remember:
df['c'] = np.where(df["a"].isnull(), df["b"], df["a"] )
This is slighty faster: df['c'] = np.where(df["a"].isnull() == True, df["b"], df["a"] )
%timeit df['d'] = df.a.combine_first(df.b)
1000 loops, best of 3: 472 µs per loop
%timeit df['c'] = np.where(df["a"].isnull(), df["b"], df["a"] )
1000 loops, best of 3: 291 µs per loop
combine_first is the most straightforward option. There are a couple of others which I outline below. I'm going to outline a few more solutions, some applicable to different cases.
Case #1: Non-mutually Exclusive NaNs
Not all rows have NaNs, and these NaNs are not mutually exclusive between columns.
df = pd.DataFrame({
'a': [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, np.nan, 5.0, 7.0, np.nan],
'b': [5.0, 3.0, np.nan, 4.0, np.nan, 6.0, 7.0]})
df
a b
0 1.0 5.0
1 2.0 3.0
2 3.0 NaN
3 NaN 4.0
4 5.0 NaN
5 7.0 6.0
6 NaN 7.0
Let's combine first on a.
Series.mask
df['a'].mask(pd.isnull, df['b'])
# df['a'].mask(df['a'].isnull(), df['b'])
0 1.0
1 2.0
2 3.0
3 4.0
4 5.0
5 7.0
6 7.0
Name: a, dtype: float64
Series.where
df['a'].where(pd.notnull, df['b'])
0 1.0
1 2.0
2 3.0
3 4.0
4 5.0
5 7.0
6 7.0
Name: a, dtype: float64
You can use similar syntax using np.where.
Alternatively, to combine first on b, switch the conditions around.
Case #2: Mutually Exclusive Positioned NaNs
All rows have NaNs which are mutually exclusive between columns.
df = pd.DataFrame({
'a': [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, np.nan, 5.0, np.nan, np.nan],
'b': [np.nan, np.nan, np.nan, 4.0, np.nan, 6.0, 7.0]})
df
a b
0 1.0 NaN
1 2.0 NaN
2 3.0 NaN
3 NaN 4.0
4 5.0 NaN
5 NaN 6.0
6 NaN 7.0
Series.update
This method works in-place, modifying the original DataFrame. This is an efficient option for this use case.
df['b'].update(df['a'])
# Or, to update "a" in-place,
# df['a'].update(df['b'])
df
a b
0 1.0 1.0
1 2.0 2.0
2 3.0 3.0
3 NaN 4.0
4 5.0 5.0
5 NaN 6.0
6 NaN 7.0
Series.add
df['a'].add(df['b'], fill_value=0)
0 1.0
1 2.0
2 3.0
3 4.0
4 5.0
5 6.0
6 7.0
dtype: float64
DataFrame.fillna + DataFrame.sum
df.fillna(0).sum(1)
0 1.0
1 2.0
2 3.0
3 4.0
4 5.0
5 6.0
6 7.0
dtype: float64
I encountered this problem with but wanted to coalesce multiple columns, picking the first non-null from several columns. I found the following helpful:
Build dummy data
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({'a1': [None, 2, 3, None],
'a2': [2, None, 4, None],
'a3': [4, 5, None, None],
'a4': [None, None, None, None],
'b1': [9, 9, 9, 999]})
df
a1 a2 a3 a4 b1
0 NaN 2.0 4.0 None 9
1 2.0 NaN 5.0 None 9
2 3.0 4.0 NaN None 9
3 NaN NaN NaN None 999
coalesce a1 a2, a3 into a new column A
def get_first_non_null(dfrow, columns_to_search):
for c in columns_to_search:
if pd.notnull(dfrow[c]):
return dfrow[c]
return None
# sample usage:
cols_to_search = ['a1', 'a2', 'a3']
df['A'] = df.apply(lambda x: get_first_non_null(x, cols_to_search), axis=1)
print(df)
a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 A
0 NaN 2.0 4.0 None 9 2.0
1 2.0 NaN 5.0 None 9 2.0
2 3.0 4.0 NaN None 9 3.0
3 NaN NaN NaN None 999 NaN
I'm thinking a solution like this,
def coalesce(s: pd.Series, *series: List[pd.Series]):
"""coalesce the column information like a SQL coalesce."""
for other in series:
s = s.mask(pd.isnull, other)
return s
because given a DataFrame with columns with ['a', 'b', 'c'], you can use it like a SQL coalesce,
df['d'] = coalesce(df.a, df.b, df.c)
For a more general case, where there are no NaNs but you want the same behavior:
Merge 'left', but override 'right' values where possible
Good code, put you have a typo for python 3, correct one looks like this
"""coalesce the column information like a SQL coalesce."""
for other in series:
s = s.mask(pd.isnull, other)
return s
Consider using DuckDB for efficient SQL on Pandas. It's performant, simple, and feature-packed. https://duckdb.org/2021/05/14/sql-on-pandas.html
Sample Dataframe:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({'A':[1,np.NaN, 3, 4, 5],
'B':[np.NaN, 2, 3, 4, np.NaN]})
Coalesce using DuckDB:
import duckdb
out_df = duckdb.query("""SELECT A,B,coalesce(A,B) as C from df""").to_df()
print(out_df)
Output:
A B c
0 1.0 NaN 1.0
1 NaN 2.0 2.0
2 3.0 3.0 3.0
3 4.0 4.0 4.0
4 5.0 NaN 5.0