Sometimes, we want to convert a Python Pandas DataFrame to a dictionary.
In this article, we’ll look at how to convert a Python Pandas DataFrame to a dictionary.
How to convert a Python Pandas DataFrame to a dictionary?
To convert a Python Pandas DataFrame to a dictionary, we call to_dict
.
For instance, we write
df = pd.DataFrame({'a': ['red', 'yellow', 'blue'], 'b': [0.5, 0.25, 0.125]})
df.to_dict('dict')
to create the data frame df
.
Then we call to_dict
with 'dict'
to return the dictionary from the df
data frame.
Conclusion
To convert a Python Pandas DataFrame to a dictionary, we call to_dict
.