how to count data in a certain column in python(pandas)?

hope you’re doing well . i tried counting green color row after another green colored row in the table below In [1]: df = pd.DataFrame([[green], [red], [red]], columns=[‘A’])

the code i tried to count greengreen:

 for index,row in data.iterrows():
   if finalData['Color'].loc[i]=='green' & finalData['Color'].loc[i+1]=='green':
    greengreen+=1
    i+=1

but it didn’t work,hope you can help. note: i’m new to data science

Answer

You can use:

# is the color green?
m = df['color'].eq('green')
# count the matches that precede another match
greengreen = (m&m.shift()).sum()

As a one-liner (python ≥ 3.8):

greengreen = ((m:=df['color'].eq('green'))&m.shift()).sum()

example input:

df = pd.DataFrame({'color': ['green', 'green', 'green', 'red', 'green', 'red', 'green', 'green']})

output: 3