pandas.DataFrame.__init__

DataFrame.__init__(data=None, index=None, columns=None, dtype=None, copy=False)

Two-dimensional size-mutable, potentially heterogeneous tabular data structure with labeled axes (rows and columns). Arithmetic operations align on both row and column labels. Can be thought of as a dict-like container for Series objects. The primary pandas data structure

Parameters :

data : numpy ndarray (structured or homogeneous), dict, or DataFrame

Dict can contain Series, arrays, constants, or list-like objects

index : Index or array-like

Index to use for resulting frame. Will default to np.arange(n) if no indexing information part of input data and no index provided

columns : Index or array-like

Will default to np.arange(n) if not column labels provided

dtype : dtype, default None

Data type to force, otherwise infer

copy : boolean, default False

Copy data from inputs. Only affects DataFrame / 2d ndarray input

See also

DataFrame.from_records

constructor from tuples, also record arrays

DataFrame.from_dict

from dicts of Series, arrays, or dicts

DataFrame.from_csv

from CSV files

DataFrame.from_items

from sequence of (key, value) pairs

read_csv

Examples

>>> d = {'col1': ts1, 'col2': ts2}
>>> df = DataFrame(data=d, index=index)
>>> df2 = DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 5))
>>> df3 = DataFrame(np.random.randn(10, 5),
...                 columns=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'])