How to explode a list inside a Dataframe cell into separate rows

Question

I\'m looking to turn a pandas cell containing a list into rows for each of those values.

So, take this:

If I\'d like to unpack and stack the value

Answer 1

Use apply(pd.Series) and stack, then reset_index and to_frame

In [1803]: (df.nearest_neighbors.apply(pd.Series)
              .stack()
              .reset_index(level=2, drop=True)
              .to_frame('nearest_neighbors'))
Out[1803]:
                    nearest_neighbors
name       opponent
A.J. Price 76ers          Zach LaVine
           76ers           Jeremy Lin
           76ers        Nate Robinson
           76ers                Isaia
           blazers        Zach LaVine
           blazers         Jeremy Lin
           blazers      Nate Robinson
           blazers              Isaia
           bobcats        Zach LaVine
           bobcats         Jeremy Lin
           bobcats      Nate Robinson
           bobcats              Isaia

Details

In [1804]: df
Out[1804]:
                                                   nearest_neighbors
name       opponent
A.J. Price 76ers     [Zach LaVine, Jeremy Lin, Nate Robinson, Isaia]
           blazers   [Zach LaVine, Jeremy Lin, Nate Robinson, Isaia]
           bobcats   [Zach LaVine, Jeremy Lin, Nate Robinson, Isaia]