Python - unable to count occurences of values in defined ranges in dataframe - python-3.x

Question

I'm trying to write a code that takes analyses values in a dataframe, if the values fall in a class, the total number of those values are assigned to a key in the dictionary. But the code is not working for me. Im trying to create logarithmic classes and count the total number of values that fall in it
def bins(df):
"""Returns new df with values assigned to bins"""
bins_dict = {500: 0, 5000: 0, 50000: 0, 500000: 0}
for i in df:
if 100<i and i<=1000:
bins_dict[500]+=1,
elif 1000<i and i<=10000:
bins_dict[5000]+=1
print(bins_dict)
However, this is returning the original dictionary.
I've also tried modifying the dataframe using
def transform(df, range):
for i in df:
for j in range:
b=10**j
while j==1:
while i>100:
if i>=b:
j+=1,
elif i<b:
b = b/2,
print (i = b*(int(i/b)))
This code is returning the original dataframe.
My dataframe consists of only one column with values ranging between 100 and 10000000
Data Sample:
Area
0 1815
1 907
2 1815
3 907
4 907
Expected output
dict={500:3, 5000:2, 50000:0}
If i can get a dataframe output directly that would be helpful too
PS. I am very new to programming and I only know python

Answer 1

You need to use pandas for it:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame()
df['Area'] = [1815, 907, 1815, 907, 907]
# create new column to categorize your data
df['bins'] = pd.cut(df['Area'], [0,1000,10000,100000], labels=['500', '5000', '50000'])
# converting into dictionary
dic = dict(df['bins'].value_counts())
print(dic)
Output:
{'500': 3, '5000': 2, '50000': 0}