Interpolation on DataFrame in pandas

Question

I have a DataFrame, say a volatility surface with index as time and column as strike. How do I do two dimensional interpolation? I can reindex but how do i deal

Answer 1

Old thread but thought I would share my solution with 2d extrapolation/interpolation, respecting index values, which also works on demand. Code ended up a bit weird so let me know if there is a better solution:

import pandas
from   numpy import nan
import numpy

dataGrid = pandas.DataFrame({1: {1: 1, 3: 2},
                             2: {1: 3, 3: 4}})


def getExtrapolatedInterpolatedValue(x, y):
    global dataGrid
    if x not in dataGrid.index:
        dataGrid.ix[x] = nan
        dataGrid = dataGrid.sort()
        dataGrid = dataGrid.interpolate(method='index', axis=0).ffill(axis=0).bfill(axis=0)

    if y not in dataGrid.columns.values:
        dataGrid = dataGrid.reindex(columns=numpy.append(dataGrid.columns.values, y))
        dataGrid = dataGrid.sort_index(axis=1)
        dataGrid = dataGrid.interpolate(method='index', axis=1).ffill(axis=1).bfill(axis=1)

    return dataGrid[y][x]


print getExtrapolatedInterpolatedValue(2, 1.4)
>>2.3