Pandas sum multiple dataframes

Question

I have multiple dataframes each with a multi-level-index and a value column. I want to add up all the dataframes on the value columns.

df1 + df2

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Answer 1

use the add method with fill_value=0 parameter.

df1 = pd.DataFrame({'val':{'a': 1, 'b':2, 'c':3}})
df2 = pd.DataFrame({'val':{'a': 1, 'b':2, 'd':3}})

df1.add(df2, fill_value=0)

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MultiIndex example

idx1 = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples([('a', 'A'), ('a', 'B'), ('b', 'A'), ('b', 'D')])
idx2 = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples([('a', 'A'), ('a', 'C'), ('b', 'A'), ('b', 'C')])

np.random.seed([3,1415])
df1 = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(4, 1), idx1, ['val'])
df2 = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(4, 1), idx2, ['val'])

df1

df2

df1.add(df2, fill_value=0)