Answers for "how to get row of dataframe by match condition on a column"

filter by row contains pandas

In [3]: df[df['ids'].str.contains("ball")]  # removes all rows where 'ball' not in row['ids']
Out[3]:
     ids  vals
0  aball     1
1  bball     2
3  fball     4

new dataframe based on certain row conditions

# Create variable with TRUE if nationality is USA
american = df['nationality'] == "USA"

# Create variable with TRUE if age is greater than 50
elderly = df['age'] > 50

# Select all cases where nationality is USA and age is greater than 50
df[american & elderly]