Python Pandas - Get integer location for requested label and find the previous index value if no exact match


To get integer location for requested label and find the previous index value if no exact match, use the index.get_loc(). Set the parameter method to the value ffill.

At first, import the required libraries −

import pandas as pd

Creating Pandas index −

index = pd.Index([10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70])

Display the Pandas index −

print("Pandas Index...\n",index)

Get the location of the previous index if no exact match. The value is set "ffill" using the "method" parameter of the get_loc() −

print("\nGet the location of the previous index if no exact match...\n", index.get_loc(45, method="ffill"))

Example

Following is the code −

import pandas as pd

# Creating Pandas index
index = pd.Index([10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70])

# Display the Pandas index
print("Pandas Index...\n",index)

# Return the number of elements in the Index
print("\nNumber of elements in the index...\n",index.size)

# get integer location from the given index
print("\nDisplay integer location from given index...\n",index.get_loc(20))
print("\nDisplay integer location from given index...\n",index.get_loc(50))

# Get the location of the previous index if no exact match
# The value is set "ffill" using the "method" parameter of the get_loc()
print("\nGet the location of the previous index if no exact match...\n", index.get_loc(45, method="ffill"))

Output

This will produce the following output −

Pandas Index...
Int64Index([10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70], dtype='int64')

Number of elements in the index...
7

Display integer location from given index...
1

Display integer location from given index...
4

Get the location of the previous index if no exact match...
3

Updated on: 14-Oct-2021

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