Incorrect identically-labeled DataFrame objects Exception comes with df.compare method · Issue #50083 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

When we have exact same columns in source and target dataframes and distinct number of rows then we are seeing below exception which according to me is misleading.

#define DataFrames
df1 = pd.DataFrame({'points': [25, 12, 15, 14],
                   'assists': [5, 7, 13, 12]})

df2 = pd.DataFrame({'points': [25, 12, 15],
                    'assists': [5, 7, 13]})

print(df1)

   points  assists
0      25        5
1      12        7
2      15       13
3      14       12

print(df2)

   points  assists
0      25        5
1      12        7
2      15       13

# Compare both dataframes

df1.compare(df2)

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/frame.py", line 7117, in compare
    keep_equal=keep_equal,
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/generic.py", line 8424, in compare
    mask = ~((self == other) | (self.isna() & other.isna()))
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/ops/common.py", line 69, in new_method
    return method(self, other)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/arraylike.py", line 32, in __eq__
    return self._cmp_method(other, operator.eq)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/frame.py", line 6851, in _cmp_method
    self, other = ops.align_method_FRAME(self, other, axis, flex=False, level=None)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/ops/__init__.py", line 289, in align_method_FRAME
    "Can only compare identically-labeled DataFrame objects"
ValueError: Can only compare identically-labeled DataFrame objects
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