How to save the Pandas dataframe/series data as a figure?

Question

It sounds somewhat weird， but I need to save the Pandas console output string to png pics. For example:

>>> df
                   sales  net_pft             


        

Answer 1

I was interested saving my dataframe as a table for an appendix for a report. I found this to be the simplest solution:

import pandas as pd
from matplotlib.backends.backend_pdf import PdfPages
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Assuming that you have a dataframe, df
pp = PdfPages('Appendix_A.pdf')
total_rows, total_cols = df.shape; #There were 3 columns in my df

rows_per_page = 40; # Assign a page cut off length
rows_printed = 0
page_number = 1;

while (total_rows >0): 
    #put the table on a correctly sized figure    
    fig=plt.figure(figsize=(8.5, 11))
    plt.gca().axis('off')
    matplotlib_tab = pd.tools.plotting.table(plt.gca(),df.iloc[rows_printed:rows_printed+rows_per_page], 
        loc='upper center', colWidths=[0.2, 0.2, 0.2])    

    # Give you cells some styling 
    table_props=matplotlib_tab.properties()
    table_cells=table_props['child_artists'] # I have no clue why child_artists works
    for cell in table_cells:
        cell.set_height(0.024)
        cell.set_fontsize(12)

    # Add a header and footer with page number 
    fig.text(4.25/8.5, 10.5/11., "Appendix A", ha='center', fontsize=12)
    fig.text(4.25/8.5, 0.5/11., 'A'+str(page_number), ha='center', fontsize=12)

    pp.savefig()
    plt.close()

    #Update variables
    rows_printed += rows_per_page;
    total_rows -= rows_per_page;
    page_number+=1;

pp.close()