selecting from multi-index pandas

Question

I have a multi-index data frame with columns \'A\' and \'B\'.

Is there is a way to select rows by filtering on one column of the multi-index without resetting the

Answer 1

Understanding how to access multi-indexed pandas DataFrame can help you with all kinds of task like that.

Copy paste this in your code to generate example:

# hierarchical indices and columns
index = pd.MultiIndex.from_product([[2013, 2014], [1, 2]],
                                   names=['year', 'visit'])
columns = pd.MultiIndex.from_product([['Bob', 'Guido', 'Sue'], ['HR', 'Temp']],
                                     names=['subject', 'type'])

# mock some data
data = np.round(np.random.randn(4, 6), 1)
data[:, ::2] *= 10
data += 37

# create the DataFrame
health_data = pd.DataFrame(data, index=index, columns=columns)
health_data

Will give you table like this:

Standard access by column

health_data['Bob']
type       HR   Temp
year visit      
2013    1   22.0    38.6
        2   52.0    38.3
2014    1   30.0    38.9
        2   31.0    37.3


health_data['Bob']['HR']
year  visit
2013  1        22.0
      2        52.0
2014  1        30.0
      2        31.0
Name: HR, dtype: float64

# filtering by column/subcolumn - your case:
health_data['Bob']['HR']==22
year  visit
2013  1         True
      2        False
2014  1        False
      2        False

health_data['Bob']['HR'][2013]    
visit
1    22.0
2    52.0
Name: HR, dtype: float64

health_data['Bob']['HR'][2013][1]
22.0

Access by row

health_data.loc[2013]
subject Bob Guido   Sue
type    HR  Temp    HR  Temp    HR  Temp
visit                       
1   22.0    38.6    40.0    38.9    53.0    37.5
2   52.0    38.3    42.0    34.6    30.0    37.7

health_data.loc[2013,1] 
subject  type
Bob      HR      22.0
         Temp    38.6
Guido    HR      40.0
         Temp    38.9
Sue      HR      53.0
         Temp    37.5
Name: (2013, 1), dtype: float64

health_data.loc[2013,1]['Bob']
type
HR      22.0
Temp    38.6
Name: (2013, 1), dtype: float64

health_data.loc[2013,1]['Bob']['HR']
22.0

Slicing multi-index

idx=pd.IndexSlice
health_data.loc[idx[:,1], idx[:,'HR']]
    subject Bob Guido   Sue
type    HR  HR  HR
year    visit           
2013    1   22.0    40.0    53.0
2014    1   30.0    52.0    45.0