向pandas DataFrame对象添加空列的最简单方法是什么?我碰到的最好的是

df['foo'] = df.apply(lambda _: '', axis=1)

有没有更合理的方法?


当前回答

如果我理解正确,assignment应该填写:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> import pandas as pd
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1,2,3], "B": [2,3,4]})
>>> df
   A  B
0  1  2
1  2  3
2  3  4
>>> df["C"] = ""
>>> df["D"] = np.nan
>>> df
   A  B C   D
0  1  2   NaN
1  2  3   NaN
2  3  4   NaN

其他回答

如果你有一个列列表,你想要为空,你可以使用赋值,然后理解字典,然后字典解包。

>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1,2,3], "B": [2,3,4]})
>>> nan_cols_name = ["C","D","whatever"]
>>> df.assign(**{col:np.nan for col in nan_cols_name})

   A  B   C   D  whatever
0  1  2 NaN NaN       NaN
1  2  3 NaN NaN       NaN
2  3  4 NaN NaN       NaN

如果希望不同列有不同的值,还可以在解包的字典中解包多个字典。

df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1,2,3], "B": [2,3,4]})
nan_cols_name = ["C","D","whatever"]
empty_string_cols_name = ["E","F","bad column with space"]
df.assign(**{
    **{col:np.nan for col in my_empy_columns_name}, 
    **{col:"" for col in empty_string_cols_name}
            }
         )

如果我理解正确,assignment应该填写:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> import pandas as pd
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1,2,3], "B": [2,3,4]})
>>> df
   A  B
0  1  2
1  2  3
2  3  4
>>> df["C"] = ""
>>> df["D"] = np.nan
>>> df
   A  B C   D
0  1  2   NaN
1  2  3   NaN
2  3  4   NaN

你可以这样做

df['column'] = None #This works. This will create a new column with None type
df.column = None #This will work only when the column is already present in the dataframe 

如果您想从列表中添加列名

df=pd.DataFrame()
a=['col1','col2','col3','col4']
for i in a:
    df[i]=np.nan

我喜欢:

df['new'] = pd.Series(dtype='int')

# or use other dtypes like 'float', 'object', ...

如果您有一个空的数据框架,这个解决方案确保没有只包含NaN的新行被添加。

指定dtype并不是必须的,但是如果没有指定dtype,更新的Pandas版本会产生DeprecationWarning。