pandas.Index.item

Index.item()

Return the first element of the underlying data as a Python scalar.

Returns:

scalar

The first element of Series or Index.

Raises:

ValueError

If the data is not length = 1.

See also

Index.values

Returns an array representing the data in the Index.

Series.head

Returns the first n rows.

Examples

>>> s = pd.Series([1])
>>> s.item()
1

For an index:

>>> s = pd.Series([1], index=["a"])
>>> s.index.item()
'a'