Extract dictionary value from column in data frame in python

Extract dictionary value from column in data frame in python

If you have a DataFrame column containing dictionaries, and you want to extract specific values from those dictionaries into separate DataFrame columns, you can achieve this using the apply() function along with a lambda function. Here's how you can do it:

Assuming you have a DataFrame named df with a column named 'dict_column' containing dictionaries, and you want to extract values for keys 'key1' and 'key2', you can do the following:

import pandas as pd # Sample DataFrame data = {'dict_column': [{'key1': 10, 'key2': 20}, {'key1': 30, 'key2': 40}, {'key1': 50, 'key2': 60}]} df = pd.DataFrame(data) # Extract values from dictionaries into separate columns df['key1_value'] = df['dict_column'].apply(lambda x: x['key1']) df['key2_value'] = df['dict_column'].apply(lambda x: x['key2']) # Display the resulting DataFrame print(df)

Output:

 dict_column key1_value key2_value 0 {'key1': 10, 'key2': 20} 10 20 1 {'key1': 30, 'key2': 40} 30 40 2 {'key1': 50, 'key2': 60} 50 60

In this example, the apply() function is used to apply a lambda function to each cell in the 'dict_column'. The lambda function extracts the values for 'key1' and 'key2' from each dictionary and assigns them to new columns 'key1_value' and 'key2_value' in the DataFrame.

Keep in mind that this approach assumes that each cell in the 'dict_column' contains dictionaries with the specified keys. If there's a possibility of missing keys or variations in dictionary structures, you might need to add additional error handling or validation.

Examples

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    # Example code demonstrating how to retrieve dictionary values from DataFrame column in Python import pandas as pd # Sample DataFrame df = pd.DataFrame({'data': [{'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}, {'key1': 'value3', 'key2': 'value4'}]}) # Extract dictionary values from the 'data' column values = [list(entry.values()) for entry in df['data']] print(values) # Output: [['value1', 'value2'], ['value3', 'value4']]

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    # Example code demonstrating how to extract values from dictionary column in Pandas DataFrame import pandas as pd # Sample DataFrame df = pd.DataFrame({'data': [{'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}, {'key1': 'value3', 'key2': 'value4'}]}) # Extract values from the dictionaries in the 'data' column values = [[value for value in entry.values()] for entry in df['data']] print(values) # Output: [['value1', 'value2'], ['value3', 'value4']]

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