Answers for "pandas splitting columns"

pandas split column with tuple

In [2]: df = pd.DataFrame({'a':[1,2], 'b':[(1,2), (3,4)]})                                                                                                                      

In [3]: df                                                                                                                                                                      
Out[3]: 
   a       b
0  1  (1, 2)
1  2  (3, 4)

In [4]: df['b'].tolist()                                                                                                                                                        
Out[4]: [(1, 2), (3, 4)]

In [5]: pd.DataFrame(df['b'].tolist(), index=df.index)                                                                                                                                          
Out[5]: 
   0  1
0  1  2
1  3  4

In [6]: df[['b1', 'b2']] = pd.DataFrame(df['b'].tolist(), index=df.index)                                                                                                                       

In [7]: df                                                                                                                                                                      
Out[7]: 
   a       b  b1  b2
0  1  (1, 2)   1   2
1  2  (3, 4)   3   4

split a pd dataframe

In [255]: df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(5, 6), columns=list('abcdef'))

In [256]: df
Out[256]:
          a         b         c         d         e         f
0  0.823638  0.767999  0.460358  0.034578  0.592420  0.776803
1  0.344320  0.754412  0.274944  0.545039  0.031752  0.784564
2  0.238826  0.610893  0.861127  0.189441  0.294646  0.557034
3  0.478562  0.571750  0.116209  0.534039  0.869545  0.855520
4  0.130601  0.678583  0.157052  0.899672  0.093976  0.268974

In [257]: dfs = np.split(df, [4], axis=1)

In [258]: dfs[0]
Out[258]:
          a         b         c         d
0  0.823638  0.767999  0.460358  0.034578
1  0.344320  0.754412  0.274944  0.545039
2  0.238826  0.610893  0.861127  0.189441
3  0.478562  0.571750  0.116209  0.534039
4  0.130601  0.678583  0.157052  0.899672

In [259]: dfs[1]
Out[259]:
          e         f
0  0.592420  0.776803
1  0.031752  0.784564
2  0.294646  0.557034
3  0.869545  0.855520
4  0.093976  0.268974