pandas_create_column_using_conditional.ipynb

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     "source": [
      "# Create a Column Based on a Conditional in pandas\n",
      "\n",
      "This snippit was written by [Chris R. Albon](http://www.chrisralbon.com/) and is part of his collection of [well-documented Python snippits](https://github.com/chrisalbon/code_py). All code is written in Python 3 in iPython notebook and offered under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/\"><img alt=\"Creative Commons License)."
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     "source": [
      "### Preliminaries"
     ]
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
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     "input": [
      "# Import required modules\n",
      "import pandas as pd\n",
      "import numpy as np"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 4
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     "cell_type": "markdown",
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     "source": [
      "### Make a dataframe"
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     "input": [
      "data = {'name': ['Jason', 'Molly', 'Tina', 'Jake', 'Amy'], \n",
      "        'age': [42, 52, 36, 24, 73], \n",
      "        'preTestScore': [4, 24, 31, 2, 3],\n",
      "        'postTestScore': [25, 94, 57, 62, 70]}\n",
      "df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns = ['name', 'age', 'preTestScore', 'postTestScore'])\n",
      "df"
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        "<div style=\"max-height:1000px;max-width:1500px;overflow:auto;\">\n",
        "<table border=\"1\" class=\"dataframe\">\n",
        "  <thead>\n",
        "    <tr style=\"text-align: right;\">\n",
        "      <th></th>\n",
        "      <th>name</th>\n",
        "      <th>age</th>\n",
        "      <th>preTestScore</th>\n",
        "      <th>postTestScore</th>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "  </thead>\n",
        "  <tbody>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>0</th>\n",
        "      <td> Jason</td>\n",
        "      <td> 42</td>\n",
        "      <td>  4</td>\n",
        "      <td> 25</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>1</th>\n",
        "      <td> Molly</td>\n",
        "      <td> 52</td>\n",
        "      <td> 24</td>\n",
        "      <td> 94</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>2</th>\n",
        "      <td>  Tina</td>\n",
        "      <td> 36</td>\n",
        "      <td> 31</td>\n",
        "      <td> 57</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>3</th>\n",
        "      <td>  Jake</td>\n",
        "      <td> 24</td>\n",
        "      <td>  2</td>\n",
        "      <td> 62</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>4</th>\n",
        "      <td>   Amy</td>\n",
        "      <td> 73</td>\n",
        "      <td>  3</td>\n",
        "      <td> 70</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "  </tbody>\n",
        "</table>\n",
        "<p>5 rows \u00d7 4 columns</p>\n",
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        "    name  age  preTestScore  postTestScore\n",
        "0  Jason   42             4             25\n",
        "1  Molly   52            24             94\n",
        "2   Tina   36            31             57\n",
        "3   Jake   24             2             62\n",
        "4    Amy   73             3             70\n",
        "\n",
        "[5 rows x 4 columns]"
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     "prompt_number": 5
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     "metadata": {},
     "source": [
      "### Add a new column for elderly"
     ]
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     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "# Create a new column called df.elderly where the value is yes\n",
      "# if df.age is greater than 50 and no if not\n",
      "df['elderly'] = np.where(df['age']>=50, 'yes', 'no')"
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     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 8
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     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "# View the dataframe\n",
      "df"
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        "<div style=\"max-height:1000px;max-width:1500px;overflow:auto;\">\n",
        "<table border=\"1\" class=\"dataframe\">\n",
        "  <thead>\n",
        "    <tr style=\"text-align: right;\">\n",
        "      <th></th>\n",
        "      <th>name</th>\n",
        "      <th>age</th>\n",
        "      <th>preTestScore</th>\n",
        "      <th>postTestScore</th>\n",
        "      <th>elderly</th>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "  </thead>\n",
        "  <tbody>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>0</th>\n",
        "      <td> Jason</td>\n",
        "      <td> 42</td>\n",
        "      <td>  4</td>\n",
        "      <td> 25</td>\n",
        "      <td>  no</td>\n",
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        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>1</th>\n",
        "      <td> Molly</td>\n",
        "      <td> 52</td>\n",
        "      <td> 24</td>\n",
        "      <td> 94</td>\n",
        "      <td> yes</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>2</th>\n",
        "      <td>  Tina</td>\n",
        "      <td> 36</td>\n",
        "      <td> 31</td>\n",
        "      <td> 57</td>\n",
        "      <td>  no</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>3</th>\n",
        "      <td>  Jake</td>\n",
        "      <td> 24</td>\n",
        "      <td>  2</td>\n",
        "      <td> 62</td>\n",
        "      <td>  no</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "    <tr>\n",
        "      <th>4</th>\n",
        "      <td>   Amy</td>\n",
        "      <td> 73</td>\n",
        "      <td>  3</td>\n",
        "      <td> 70</td>\n",
        "      <td> yes</td>\n",
        "    </tr>\n",
        "  </tbody>\n",
        "</table>\n",
        "<p>5 rows \u00d7 5 columns</p>\n",
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        "    name  age  preTestScore  postTestScore elderly\n",
        "0  Jason   42             4             25      no\n",
        "1  Molly   52            24             94     yes\n",
        "2   Tina   36            31             57      no\n",
        "3   Jake   24             2             62      no\n",
        "4    Amy   73             3             70     yes\n",
        "\n",
        "[5 rows x 5 columns]"
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