df=pd.DataFrame({'A':[1,2],'B':[[1,2],[1,2]]})

out = pd.concat([df.loc[:,'A'],(df.B.apply(pd.Series))], axis=1, sort=False)

out = out.set_index('A').stack().droplevel(level=1).reset_index().rename(columns={0:"B"})

       A    B
   0    1   1
   1    1   2
   2    2   1
   3    2   2

如果您不希望创建中间对象，可以将其实现为一行

我的5美分:

df[['B', 'B2']] = pd.DataFrame(df['B'].values.tolist())

df[['A', 'B']].append(df[['A', 'B2']].rename(columns={'B2': 'B'}),
                      ignore_index=True)

还有5个

df[['B1', 'B2']] = pd.DataFrame([*df['B']]) # if values.tolist() is too boring

(pd.wide_to_long(df.drop('B', 1), 'B', 'A', '')
 .reset_index(level=1, drop=True)
 .reset_index())

两者的结果是一样的

   A  B
0  1  1
1  2  1
2  1  2
3  2  2

选项1

如果另一列的所有子列表都是相同的长度，numpy可以是一个有效的选项:

vals = np.array(df.B.values.tolist())    
a = np.repeat(df.A, vals.shape[1])

pd.DataFrame(np.column_stack((a, vals.ravel())), columns=df.columns)

   A  B
0  1  1
1  1  2
2  2  1
3  2  2

---

选项2

如果子列表有不同的长度，你需要额外的步骤:

vals = df.B.values.tolist()
rs = [len(r) for r in vals]    
a = np.repeat(df.A, rs)

pd.DataFrame(np.column_stack((a, np.concatenate(vals))), columns=df.columns)

   A  B
0  1  1
1  1  2
2  2  1
3  2  2

---

选项3

我尝试将其推广到平展N列和平铺M列，稍后我会让它更有效:

df = pd.DataFrame({'A': [1,2,3], 'B': [[1,2], [1,2,3], [1]],
                   'C': [[1,2,3], [1,2], [1,2]], 'D': ['A', 'B', 'C']})

   A          B          C  D
0  1     [1, 2]  [1, 2, 3]  A
1  2  [1, 2, 3]     [1, 2]  B
2  3        [1]     [1, 2]  C

def unnest(df, tile, explode):
    vals = df[explode].sum(1)
    rs = [len(r) for r in vals]
    a = np.repeat(df[tile].values, rs, axis=0)
    b = np.concatenate(vals.values)
    d = np.column_stack((a, b))
    return pd.DataFrame(d, columns = tile +  ['_'.join(explode)])

unnest(df, ['A', 'D'], ['B', 'C'])

    A  D B_C
0   1  A   1
1   1  A   2
2   1  A   1
3   1  A   2
4   1  A   3
5   2  B   1
6   2  B   2
7   2  B   3
8   2  B   1
9   2  B   2
10  3  C   1
11  3  C   1
12  3  C   2

---

功能

def wen1(df):
    return df.set_index('A').B.apply(pd.Series).stack().reset_index(level=0).rename(columns={0: 'B'})

def wen2(df):
    return pd.DataFrame({'A':df.A.repeat(df.B.str.len()),'B':np.concatenate(df.B.values)})

def wen3(df):
    s = pd.DataFrame({'B': np.concatenate(df.B.values)}, index=df.index.repeat(df.B.str.len()))
    return s.join(df.drop('B', 1), how='left')

def wen4(df):
    return pd.DataFrame([[x] + [z] for x, y in df.values for z in y],columns=df.columns)

def chris1(df):
    vals = np.array(df.B.values.tolist())
    a = np.repeat(df.A, vals.shape[1])
    return pd.DataFrame(np.column_stack((a, vals.ravel())), columns=df.columns)

def chris2(df):
    vals = df.B.values.tolist()
    rs = [len(r) for r in vals]
    a = np.repeat(df.A.values, rs)
    return pd.DataFrame(np.column_stack((a, np.concatenate(vals))), columns=df.columns)

计时

import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from timeit import timeit

res = pd.DataFrame(
       index=['wen1', 'wen2', 'wen3', 'wen4', 'chris1', 'chris2'],
       columns=[10, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10000],
       dtype=float
)

for f in res.index:
    for c in res.columns:
        df = pd.DataFrame({'A': [1, 2], 'B': [[1, 2], [1, 2]]})
        df = pd.concat([df]*c)
        stmt = '{}(df)'.format(f)
        setp = 'from __main__ import df, {}'.format(f)
        res.at[f, c] = timeit(stmt, setp, number=50)

ax = res.div(res.min()).T.plot(loglog=True)
ax.set_xlabel("N")
ax.set_ylabel("time (relative)")

性能

 demo = {'set1':{'t1':[1,2,3],'t2':[4,5,6],'t3':[7,8,9]}, 'set2':{'t1':[1,2,3],'t2':[4,5,6],'t3':[7,8,9]}, 'set3': {'t1':[1,2,3],'t2':[4,5,6],'t3':[7,8,9]}}
 df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(demo, orient='index') 

 print(df.head())
 my_list=[]
 df2=pd.DataFrame(columns=['set','t1','t2','t3'])

 for key,item in df.iterrows():
    t1=item.t1
    t2=item.t2
    t3=item.t3
    mat1=np.matrix([t1,t2,t3])
    row1=[key,mat1[0,0],mat1[0,1],mat1[0,2]]
    df2.loc[len(df2)]=row1
    row2=[key,mat1[1,0],mat1[1,1],mat1[1,2]]
    df2.loc[len(df2)]=row2
    row3=[key,mat1[2,0],mat1[2,1],mat1[2,2]]
    df2.loc[len(df2)]=row3

print(df2) 

set t1 t2 t3
0  set1  1  2  3
1  set1  4  5  6
2  set1  7  8  9
3  set2  1  2  3
4  set2  4  5  6
5  set2  7  8  9
6  set3  1  2  3
7  set3  4  5  6
8  set3  7  8  9   

# Here's the answer to the related question in:
# https://stackoverflow.com/q/56708671/11426125

# initial dataframe
df12=pd.DataFrame({'Date':['2007-12-03','2008-09-07'],'names':
[['Peter','Alex'],['Donald','Stan']]})

# convert dataframe to array for indexing list values (names)
a = np.array(df12.values)  

# create a new, dataframe with dimensions for unnested
b = np.ndarray(shape = (4,2))
df2 = pd.DataFrame(b, columns = ["Date", "names"], dtype = str)

# implement loops to assign date/name values as required
i = range(len(a[0]))
j = range(len(a[0]))
for x in i:
    for y in j:
        df2.iat[2*x+y, 0] = a[x][0]
        df2.iat[2*x+y, 1] = a[x][1][y]

# set Date column as Index
df2.Date=pd.to_datetime(df2.Date)
df2.index=df2.Date
df2.drop('Date',axis=1,inplace =True)

我把这个问题推广了一下，以便适用于更多的专栏。

我的解决方案的总结:

In[74]: df
Out[74]: 
    A   B             C             columnD
0  A1  B1  [C1.1, C1.2]                D1
1  A2  B2  [C2.1, C2.2]  [D2.1, D2.2, D2.3]
2  A3  B3            C3        [D3.1, D3.2]

In[75]: dfListExplode(df,['C','columnD'])
Out[75]: 
    A   B     C columnD
0  A1  B1  C1.1    D1
1  A1  B1  C1.2    D1
2  A2  B2  C2.1    D2.1
3  A2  B2  C2.1    D2.2
4  A2  B2  C2.1    D2.3
5  A2  B2  C2.2    D2.1
6  A2  B2  C2.2    D2.2
7  A2  B2  C2.2    D2.3
8  A3  B3    C3    D3.1
9  A3  B3    C3    D3.2

完整的例子:

实际的爆炸由3行组成。剩下的是化妆品(多列爆炸，处理字符串而不是爆炸列中的列表，……)。

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

df=pd.DataFrame( {'A': ['A1','A2','A3'],
                  'B': ['B1','B2','B3'],
                  'C': [ ['C1.1','C1.2'],['C2.1','C2.2'],'C3'],
                  'columnD': [ 'D1',['D2.1','D2.2', 'D2.3'],['D3.1','D3.2']],
                  })
print('df',df, sep='\n')

def dfListExplode(df, explodeKeys):
    if not isinstance(explodeKeys, list):
        explodeKeys=[explodeKeys]
    # recursive handling of explodeKeys
    if len(explodeKeys)==0:
        return df
    elif len(explodeKeys)==1:
        explodeKey=explodeKeys[0]
    else:
        return dfListExplode( dfListExplode(df, explodeKeys[:1]), explodeKeys[1:])
    # perform explosion/unnesting for key: explodeKey
    dfPrep=df[explodeKey].apply(lambda x: x if isinstance(x,list) else [x]) #casts all elements to a list
    dfIndExpl=pd.DataFrame([[x] + [z] for x, y in zip(dfPrep.index,dfPrep.values) for z in y ], columns=['explodedIndex',explodeKey])
    dfMerged=dfIndExpl.merge(df.drop(explodeKey, axis=1), left_on='explodedIndex', right_index=True)
    dfReind=dfMerged.reindex(columns=list(df))
    return dfReind

dfExpl=dfListExplode(df,['C','columnD'])
print('dfExpl',dfExpl, sep='\n')

感谢文友本的回答