pandas.Index.to_frame — pandas 0.24.0rc1 documentation (original) (raw)
Index. to_frame(index=True, name=None)[source]¶
Create a DataFrame with a column containing the Index.
New in version 0.24.0.
| Parameters: | index : boolean, default True Set the index of the returned DataFrame as the original Index. name : object, default None The passed name should substitute for the index name (if it has one). |
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| Returns: | DataFrame DataFrame containing the original Index data. |
Examples
idx = pd.Index(['Ant', 'Bear', 'Cow'], name='animal') idx.to_frame() animal animal Ant Ant Bear Bear Cow Cow
By default, the original Index is reused. To enforce a new Index:
idx.to_frame(index=False) animal 0 Ant 1 Bear 2 Cow
To override the name of the resulting column, specify name:
idx.to_frame(index=False, name='zoo') zoo 0 Ant 1 Bear 2 Cow