Map dataframe index using dictionary

Question

Why doesn\'t df.index.map(dict) work like df[\'column_name\'].map(dict)?

Here\'s a little example of trying to use index.map:

Answer 1

An alternative workaround to calling map:

df['two'] = pd.Series(map_dict)

df

   one    two
A   10  every
B   20   good
C   30    boy
D   40   does
E   50   fine

In any case, until the mapping issue gets resolved (per juanpa.arrivillaga's comment) you have to convert either the index or the dict-to-map to a pandas Series.