repeat rows in a pandas dataframe based on column value
df.reindex(df.index.repeat(df.persons))
Out[951]:
code . role ..1 persons
0 123 . Janitor . 3
0 123 . Janitor . 3
0 123 . Janitor . 3
1 123 . Analyst . 2
1 123 . Analyst . 2
2 321 . Vallet . 2
2 321 . Vallet . 2
3 321 . Auditor . 5
3 321 . Auditor . 5
3 321 . Auditor . 5
3 321 . Auditor . 5
3 321 . Auditor . 5