How to split a DataFrame in pandas in predefined percentages?

Question

I have a pandas dataframe sorted by a number of columns. Now I\'d like to split the dataframe in predefined percentages, so as to extract and name a few segments.

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Answer 1

Use numpy.split:

a, b, c = np.split(df, [int(.2*len(df)), int(.5*len(df))])

Sample:

np.random.seed(100)
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.random((20,5)), columns=list('ABCDE'))
#print (df)

a, b, c = np.split(df, [int(.2*len(df)), int(.5*len(df))])
print (a)
          A         B         C         D         E
0  0.543405  0.278369  0.424518  0.844776  0.004719
1  0.121569  0.670749  0.825853  0.136707  0.575093
2  0.891322  0.209202  0.185328  0.108377  0.219697
3  0.978624  0.811683  0.171941  0.816225  0.274074

print (b)
          A         B         C         D         E
4  0.431704  0.940030  0.817649  0.336112  0.175410
5  0.372832  0.005689  0.252426  0.795663  0.015255
6  0.598843  0.603805  0.105148  0.381943  0.036476
7  0.890412  0.980921  0.059942  0.890546  0.576901
8  0.742480  0.630184  0.581842  0.020439  0.210027
9  0.544685  0.769115  0.250695  0.285896  0.852395

print (c)
           A         B         C         D         E
10  0.975006  0.884853  0.359508  0.598859  0.354796
11  0.340190  0.178081  0.237694  0.044862  0.505431
12  0.376252  0.592805  0.629942  0.142600  0.933841
13  0.946380  0.602297  0.387766  0.363188  0.204345
14  0.276765  0.246536  0.173608  0.966610  0.957013
15  0.597974  0.731301  0.340385  0.092056  0.463498
16  0.508699  0.088460  0.528035  0.992158  0.395036
17  0.335596  0.805451  0.754349  0.313066  0.634037
18  0.540405  0.296794  0.110788  0.312640  0.456979
19  0.658940  0.254258  0.641101  0.200124  0.657625