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I have pandas dataframe df1 and df2 (df1 is vanila dataframe, df2 is indexed by 'STK_ID' & 'RPT_Date') :

 >>> df1

    STK_ID  RPT_Date  TClose sales  discount

0   000568  20060331    3.69 5.975       NaN

1   000568  20060630    9.14 10.143       NaN

2   000568  20060930    9.49 13.854       NaN

3   000568  20061231   15.84 19.262       NaN

4   000568  20070331   17.00 6.803       NaN

5   000568  20070630   26.31 12.940       NaN

6   000568  20070930   39.12 19.977       NaN

7   000568  20071231   45.94 29.269       NaN

8   000568  20080331   38.75 12.668       NaN

9   000568  20080630   30.09 21.102       NaN

10  000568  20080930   26.00 30.769       NaN

>>> df2

                 TClose   sales discount  net_sales cogs

STK_ID RPT_Date                                             

000568 20060331    3.69 5.975 NaN      5.975 2.591

       20060630    9.14 10.143       NaN 10.143 4.363

       20060930    9.49 13.854       NaN 13.854 5.901

       20061231   15.84 19.262       NaN 19.262 8.407

       20070331   17.00 6.803       NaN 6.803 2.815

       20070630   26.31 12.940       NaN 12.940 5.418

       20070930   39.12 19.977       NaN 19.977 8.452

       20071231   45.94 29.269       NaN 29.269 12.606

       20080331   38.75 12.668       NaN 12.668 3.958

       20080630   30.09 21.102       NaN 21.102 7.431

I can get the last 3 rows of df2 by:

 >>> df2.ix[-3:]

                 TClose   sales discount  net_sales cogs

STK_ID RPT_Date                                             

000568 20071231   45.94 29.269   NaN 29.269 12.606

       20080331   38.75 12.668       NaN 12.668 3.958

       20080630   30.09 21.102       NaN 21.102 7.431

while df1.ix[-3:] give all the rows:

>>> df1.ix[-3:]

    STK_ID  RPT_Date  TClose sales  discount

0   000568  20060331    3.69 5.975       NaN

1   000568  20060630    9.14 10.143       NaN

2   000568  20060930    9.49 13.854       NaN

3   000568  20061231   15.84 19.262       NaN

4   000568  20070331   17.00 6.803       NaN

5   000568  20070630   26.31 12.940       NaN

6   000568  20070930   39.12 19.977       NaN

7   000568  20071231   45.94 29.269       NaN

8   000568  20080331   38.75 12.668       NaN

9   000568  20080630   30.09 21.102       NaN

10  000568  20080930   26.00 30.769       NaN

Why? How to get the last 3 rows of df1 (dataframe without index)? Pandas 0.10.1

1 Answer

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Don't forget DataFrame
.tail e.g. df1
.tail(10) as this function returns last n rows from the object based on position. It is helpful for quickly verifying data, for example, after sorting or appending rows.

If you are interested to learn Pandas visit this Python Pandas Tutorial.

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