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Python Pandas - Convert Nested Dictionary to Multiindex Dataframe
At first, let us create a Nested Dictionary −
dictNested = {'Cricket': {'Boards': ['BCCI', 'CA', 'ECB'],'Country': ['India', 'Australia', 'England']},'Football': {'Boards': ['TFA', 'TCSA', 'GFA'],'Country': ['England', 'Canada', 'Germany']
}}
Now, create an Empty Dictionary −
new_dict = {}
Now, loop to assign values −
for outerKey, innerDict in dictNested.items():
for innerKey, values in innerDict.items():
new_dict[(outerKey, innerKey)] = values
Convert to Multi-index DataFrame −
pd.DataFrame(new_dict)
Example
Following is the code −
import pandas as pd
# Create Nested dictionary
dictNested = {'Cricket': {'Boards': ['BCCI', 'CA', 'ECB'],'Country': ['India', 'Australia', 'England']},'Football': {'Boards': ['TFA', 'TCSA', 'GFA'],'Country': ['England', 'Canada', 'Germany']
}}
print"\nNested Dictionary...\n",dictNested
new_dict = {}
for outerKey, innerDict in dictNested.items():
for innerKey, values in innerDict.items():
new_dict[(outerKey, innerKey)] = values
# converting to multiindex dataframe
print"\nMulti-index DataFrame...\n",pd.DataFrame(new_dict)
Output
This will produce the following output −
Nested Dictionary...
{'Cricket': {'Country': ['India', 'Australia', 'England'], 'Boards': ['BCCI', 'CA', 'ECB']}, 'Football': {'Country': ['England', 'Canada', 'Germany'], 'Boards': ['TFA', 'TCSA', 'GFA']}}
Multi-index DataFrame...
Cricket Football
Boards Country Boards Country
0 BCCI India TFA England
1 CA Australia TCSA Canada
2 ECB England GFA GermanyAdvertisements