adding column to pandas dataframe that enumerates based on unique values in another column [duplicate] - python-3.x

Question

I feel like there is a better way than this:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame(
columns=" index c1 c2 v1 ".split(),
data= [
[ 0, "A", "X", 3, ],
[ 1, "A", "X", 5, ],
[ 2, "A", "Y", 7, ],
[ 3, "A", "Y", 1, ],
[ 4, "B", "X", 3, ],
[ 5, "B", "X", 1, ],
[ 6, "B", "X", 3, ],
[ 7, "B", "Y", 1, ],
[ 8, "C", "X", 7, ],
[ 9, "C", "Y", 4, ],
[ 10, "C", "Y", 1, ],
[ 11, "C", "Y", 6, ],]).set_index("index", drop=True)
def callback(x):
x['seq'] = range(1, x.shape[0] + 1)
return x
df = df.groupby(['c1', 'c2']).apply(callback)
print df
To achieve this:
c1 c2 v1 seq
0 A X 3 1
1 A X 5 2
2 A Y 7 1
3 A Y 1 2
4 B X 3 1
5 B X 1 2
6 B X 3 3
7 B Y 1 1
8 C X 7 1
9 C Y 4 1
10 C Y 1 2
11 C Y 6 3
Is there a way to do it that avoids the callback?

Answer 1

use cumcount(), see docs here
In [4]: df.groupby(['c1', 'c2']).cumcount()
Out[4]:
0 0
1 1
2 0
3 1
4 0
5 1
6 2
7 0
8 0
9 0
10 1
11 2
dtype: int64
If you want orderings starting at 1
In [5]: df.groupby(['c1', 'c2']).cumcount()+1
Out[5]:
0 1
1 2
2 1
3 2
4 1
5 2
6 3
7 1
8 1
9 1
10 2
11 3
dtype: int64

Answer 2

This might be useful
df = df.sort_values(['userID', 'date'])
grp = df.groupby('userID')['ItemID'].aggregate(lambda x: '->'.join(tuple(x))).reset_index()
print(grp)
it will create a sequence like this

Answer 3

If you have a dataframe similar to the one below and you want to add seq column by building it from c1 or c2, i.e. keep a running count of similar values (or until a flag comes up) in other column(s), read on.
df = pd.DataFrame(
columns=" c1 c2 seq".split(),
data= [
[ "A", 1, 1 ],
[ "A1", 0, 2 ],
[ "A11", 0, 3 ],
[ "A111", 0, 4 ],
[ "B", 1, 1 ],
[ "B1", 0, 2 ],
[ "B111", 0, 3 ],
[ "C", 1, 1 ],
[ "C11", 0, 2 ] ])
then first find group starters, (str.contains() (and eq()) is used below but any method that creates a boolean Series such as lt(), ne(), isna() etc. can be used) and call cumsum() on it to create a Series where each group has a unique identifying value. Then use it as the grouper on a groupby().cumsum() operation.
In summary, use a code similar to the one below.
# build a grouper Series for similar values
groups = df['c1'].str.contains("A$|B$|C$").cumsum()
# or build a grouper Series from flags (1s)
groups = df['c2'].eq(1).cumsum()
# groupby using the above grouper
df['seq'] = df.groupby(groups).cumcount().add(1)

Answer 4

The cleanliness of Jeff's answer is nice, but I prefer to sort explicitly...though generally without overwriting my df for these type of use-cases (e.g. Shaina Raza's answer).
So, to create a new column sequenced by 'v1' within each ('c1', 'c2') group:
df["seq"] = df.sort_values(by=['c1','c2','v1']).groupby(['c1','c2']).cumcount()
you can check with:
df.sort_values(by=['c1','c2','seq'])
or, if you want to overwrite the df, then:
df = df.sort_values(by=['c1','c2','seq']).reset_index()