New column named column from max column at pandas index
I want to create a new column named column for maximum value by index.
Tie will include both columns.
A B C D
TRDNumber
ALB2008081610 3 1 1 1
ALB200808167 1 3 4 1
ALB200808168 3 1 3 1
ALB200808171 2 2 5 1
ALB2008081710 1 2 2 5
Desired output
A B C D Best
TRDNumber
ALB2008081610 3 1 1 1 A
ALB200808167 1 3 4 1 C
ALB200808168 3 1 3 1 A,C
ALB200808171 2 2 5 1 C
ALB2008081710 1 2 2 5 D
I have tried the following code
df.groupby(['TRDNumber'])[cols].max()
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1 answer
You can do:
>>> f = lambda r: ','.join(df.columns[r])
>>> df.eq(df.max(axis=1), axis=0).apply(f, axis=1)
TRDNumber
ALB2008081610 A
ALB200808167 C
ALB200808168 A,C
ALB200808171 C
ALB2008081710 D
dtype: object
>>> df['best'] = _
>>> df
A B C D best
TRDNumber
ALB2008081610 3 1 1 1 A
ALB200808167 1 3 4 1 C
ALB200808168 3 1 3 1 A,C
ALB200808171 2 2 5 1 C
ALB2008081710 1 2 2 5 D
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