Dataframe Apply method to return multiple elements (series)

Question

import pandas as pd

Let\'s say I have a dataframe like so:

df = pd.DataFrame({\"a\":range(4),\"b\":range(1,5)})
         


        

Answer 1

UPDATE

Updated for version 0.23 - using result_type='broadcast' for further details refer to documentation

Redefine your function like this:

def divideAndMultiply(x,y):
    return [x/y, x*y]

Then do this:

df[['e','f']] = df.apply(lambda x: divideAndMultiply(x["a"], 2), axis=1, result_type='broadcast')

You shall get the desired result:

In [118]: df
Out[118]:
   a  b  e  f
0  0  1  0  0
1  1  2  0  2
2  2  3  1  4
3  3  4  1  6