pandas.MultiIndex.from_tuples

classmethod MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, sortorder=None, names=None)

Convert list of tuples to MultiIndex.

Parameters:

tuples : list / sequence of tuple-likes

Each tuple is the index of one row/column.

sortorder : int or None

Level of sortedness (must be lexicographically sorted by that level).

names : list / sequence of str, optional

Names for the levels in the index.

Returns:

index : MultiIndex

See also

MultiIndex.from_arrays

Convert list of arrays to MultiIndex.

MultiIndex.from_product

Make a MultiIndex from cartesian product of iterables.

MultiIndex.from_frame

Make a MultiIndex from a DataFrame.

Examples

>>> tuples = [(1, 'red'), (1, 'blue'),
...           (2, 'red'), (2, 'blue')]
>>> pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, names=('number', 'color'))
MultiIndex([(1,  'red'),
            (1, 'blue'),
            (2,  'red'),
            (2, 'blue')],
           names=['number', 'color'])