Extract values in Pandas value_counts()

Question

Say we have used pandas dataframe[column].value_counts() which outputs:

 apple   5 
 sausage 2
 banana  2
 cheese  1

How do yo

Answer 1

The best way to extract the values is to just do the following

json.loads(dataframe[column].value_counts().to_json())

This returns a dictionary which you can use like any other dict. Using values or keys.

 {"apple": 5, "sausage": 2, "banana": 2, "cheese": 1}