I am looking for a simple, pythonic way of doing this with the minimum calculations and loops. I have a bunch of strings, such as: What I would like to print at the screen is: (where the x are actually spaces, but I could not figure out how to show it with this editor) I am aware of string formatting
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How to remove multiple substrings at the end of a list of strings in Python?
I have a list of strings: If at the end of the string there is the word limited, com or org I would like to remove it. How can I go about doing this? I have tried; I’ve also tried the replace function with no avail. Thanks Answer You can use this example to remove selected last words from the
Classifiy dataframe row according to string occurence from a list
With the following dataframe: And the following list: What is the most efficient way to summarize the occurrence of each word from the list in each row of the column ‘Sentence’? I’m looking for the following result: Thanks in advance! Answer You can do it using apply function as well:
Pandas sum() with character condition
I have the following dataframe: I want to use cumsum() in order to sum the values in column “1”, but only for specific variables: I want to sum all the variables that start with tt and all the variable that start with bb in my dataframe, so in the end i’ll have the folowing table : I know ho…
Trying to convert input to list
I’m trying to take input from user for 2 points and output the distance. I’m getting stuck on converting the input to a list for the output. I might be thinking about it the wrong way, any help to get me in the right direction is appreciated. Answer You can use a list comprehension to translate th…
How to replicate same values based on the index value of other column in python
I have a dataframe like below and I want to add another column that is replicated untill certain condition is met. Now I want to add another column which contains additional information about the dataframe. For instance, I want to replicate Yes untill id is B and No when it is below B and Yes from C to D and
Printing variables and strings in Python
I am trying to print the following lines : ‘My name is John Smith.’ ‘My name is John Smith, and I live in CHICAGO’ and I live in chicago’ My code below : How can I get the results from the top? Answer Output: My name is john smith, and I live in chicago. I am 25 years old. By
How to check if a substring in a pandas dataframe column exists in a substring of another column in the same dataframe?
I have a dataframe with columns like this: I want to create a list with values from A that matches values from B. The list should look like [- 5923FoxRd, Saratoga Street, Suite 200…]. What is the easiest way to do this? Answer To make a little go a long way, do the following: Create a new series for eac…
How to retrieve partial matches from a list of strings
For approaches to retrieving partial matches in a numeric list, go to: How to return a subset of a list that matches a condition? Python: Find in list But if you’re looking for how to retrieve partial matches for a list of strings, you’ll find the best approaches concisely explained in the answer …
What is the difference between str(Series).split() and Series.str.split()?
I wanted to know conceptually why there is difference in output using str(Series).split() and Series.str.split(), when using it on the series object. I was looking to split the date based on the punctuation: the str(Series).split() didn’t give me the desired output while the other method, using Series.s…