Convert multiple indexes of column names in one column… here is a solution to the problem.
Convert multiple indexes of column names in one column
I have this data frame
dt = pd. DataFrame({'At': ['A','B','C'],
'R': ['27,0', '27,0', '27,0'],
'V1': [0,0,0],
'V2': [100,32,72], 'V3':[31,12,3]})
At R V1 V2 V3
0 A 27,0 0 100 31
1 B 27,0 0 32 12
2 C 27,0 0 72 3
Then I made a pivot table
dt.pivot_table(index='At', columns='R',
values=['V1','V2','V3']).reset_index()
At V1 V2 V3
R 27,0 27,0 27,0
0 A 0 100 31
1 B 0 32 12
2 C 0 72 3
I want to concatenate my multi-index column names like this
At 27,0_V1 27,0_V2 27,0_V3
0 A 0 100 31
1 B 0 32 12
2 C 0 72 3
This is just an example, I have more than one level
Thanks
Solution
Handle the title a little; Use swaplevel
+ MultiIndex.map
:
v = dt.pivot_table(index='At', columns='R',
values=['V1','V2','V3']).reset_index()
v.columns = v.columns.swaplevel().map('_'.join).str.strip('_')
Or, as Scott Boston suggests
v.columns = v.columns.map('{0[1]}_{0[0]}'.format).str.strip('_')
v
At 27,0_V1 27,0_V2 27,0_V3
0 A 0 100 31
1 B 0 32 12
2 C 0 72 3