BUG: loc indexing when starting with an empty frame · Issue #6252 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

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from ML: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pydata/P3JFE3sob1U
empty indexing the frame

keys1 = ['@' + str(i) for i in range(1000)]
val1 = arange(1000)

keys2 = ['@' + str(i) for i in range(990)]
val2 = arange(990)

allKeys = list(set(keys1).union(keys2))
df = pandas.DataFrame(index = allKeys)
df['A'] = nan
df.loc[keys1, 'A'] = val1

df['B'] = nan
df.loc[keys2, 'B'] = val2

df.head()

## -- End pasted text --
                        <43>
        A    B
@679  679  679
@678  678  678
@337  337  337
@744  744  744
@673  673  673