Python-Programming-Lesson-Notes

Selection of Individual Values

Assume Pandas has been imported into your notebook and the Gapminder GDP data for Europe has been loaded:

Python

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('data/gapminder_gdp_europe.csv', index_col='country')

Write an expression to find the Per Capita GDP of Serbia in 2007.

Solution

The selection can be done by using the labels for both the row (“Serbia”) and the column (“gdpPercap_2007”): Python

print(df.loc['Serbia', 'gdpPercap_2007'])

The output is Output

9786.534714