I am trying to replace values in a pandas df at the same time. It appears the function does this successively, so the values I replace end up being written over. Using below, where X == Left
, I want to replace A-D
, B-C
, C-B
, D-A
. It works well if I only perform one of these calls but when I do all four it doesn't. Below are my attempts:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame({
'X' : ['Left','Left','Left','Left','Right','Right','Right','Right'],
'Y' : ['A','B','C','D','A','B','C','D'],
})
ATTEMPT1:
df[(df['X'] == 'Left') & (df['Y'] == 'A')] = df['Y'].map({'A': 'D'})
df[(df['X'] == 'Left') & (df['Y'] == 'B')] = df['Y'].map({'B': 'C'})
df[(df['X'] == 'Left') & (df['Y'] == 'C')] = df['Y'].map({'C': 'B'})
df[(df['X'] == 'Left') & (df['Y'] == 'D')] = df['Y'].map({'D': 'A'})
Out:
X Y
0 D D
1 C C
2 B B
3 A A
4 Right A
5 Right B
6 Right C
7 Right D
ATTEMPT 2:
df.loc[(df['X'] == 'Left') & (df['Y'] == 'A'), 'Y'] = 'D'
df.loc[(df['X'] == 'Left') & (df['Y'] == 'B'), 'Y'] = 'C'
df.loc[(df['X'] == 'Left') & (df['Y'] == 'C'), 'Y'] = 'B'
df.loc[(df['X'] == 'Left') & (df['Y'] == 'D'), 'Y'] = 'A'
Out:
X Y
0 Left A
1 Left B
2 Left B
3 Left A
4 Right A
5 Right B
6 Right C
7 Right D
Intended Output:
X Y
0 Left D
1 Left C
2 Left B
3 Left A
4 Right A
5 Right B
6 Right C
7 Right D
Do replace
once:
df.Y.update(df.loc[df['X'] == 'Left','Y'].replace({'A': 'D','B': 'C','C': 'B','D': 'A'}))
df
X Y
0 Left D
1 Left C
2 Left B
3 Left A
4 Right A
5 Right B
6 Right C
7 Right D
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