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jxn
jxn

Reputation: 8025

Pandas concatenate values of all column into a new column list

I am trying to concat all my columns into a new column. The concatenated values should be stored in a list.

My dataframe:

df = pd.DataFrame({'A': ['1', '2', nan], 
                   'B': [nan, '5', nan], 
                   'C': ['7', nan, '9']})

desired output:

df:

A   B   C   concat_col
1   nan 7   [1,7]
2   5   nan [2,5]
nan nan 9   [9]

What i tried:

df['concat'] = pd.Series(df.fillna('').values.tolist()).str.join(',')

Output i got:

A   B   C   concat_col
1   nan 7   1,,7
2   5   nan 2,5,,
nan nan 9   ,,9

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4197

Answers (2)

jpp
jpp

Reputation: 164673

You can use a list comprehension, taking advantage of the fact np.nan != np.nan:

df['D'] = [[i for i in row if i == i] for row in df.values]

print(df)

     A    B    C       D
0    1  NaN    7  [1, 7]
1    2    5  NaN  [2, 5]
2  NaN  NaN    9     [9]

Counter-intuitively, this is more efficient than Pandas methods:

df = pd.concat([df]*10000, ignore_index=True)

%timeit df.apply(lambda row: row.dropna().tolist(), axis=1)  # 8.25 s
%timeit [[i for i in row if i == i] for row in df.values]    # 55.6 ms

Upvotes: 4

Joe Patten
Joe Patten

Reputation: 1704

The following code should work:

df['concat_col']=df.apply(lambda row: row.dropna().tolist(), axis=1)

Upvotes: 3

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