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Pandas DataFrame | lt method

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Pandas DataFrame.lt(~) method returns a DataFrame of booleans where True indicates an entry that is strictly less than the specified value.

Parameters

1. otherlink | scalar or sequence or Series or DataFrame

The value(s) to compare with.

2. axislink | int or string | optional

Whether to perform the comparison along the columns or the rows:

Axis

Description

"index" or 0

Compare each column.

"columns" or 1

Compare each row.

By default, axis="columns".

3. level | int or string | optional

The levels to perform comparison on. This is only relevant if your source DataFrame is a multi-index.

Return Value

A DataFrame of booleans.

Examples

Consider the following DataFrame:

df = pd.DataFrame({"A":[3,4],"B":[5,6]})
df
A B
0 3 5
1 4 6

Passing in a acalar

To check for values strictly less than 5 in the DataFrame:

df.lt(5)
A B
0 True False
1 True False

Comparing rows

By default, axis=1, which means that passing in a sequence will result in a comparison with each row:

df.lt([4,5]) # axis=1
A B
0 True False
1 False False

Here, we are comparing each row of the source DataFrame with [4,5]. This means that we are performing the following pair-wise comparisons:

(row one) [3,5] < [4,5] = [True, False]
(row two) [4,6] < [4,5] = [False, False]

We show df here for your reference:

df
A B
0 3 5
1 4 6

Comparing columns

By setting axis=0, we can compare each column with the specified sequence:

df.lt([4,5], axis=0)
A B
0 True False
1 True False

Here, we're performing the following pair-wise comparisons:

(column A) [3,4] < [4,5] = [True, True]
(column B) [5,6] < [4,5] = [False, False]

Case with missing values

Any comparison with missing values will result in False for that entry.

Consider the following DataFrame with a missing value:

df = pd.DataFrame({"A":[3,pd.np.nan],"B":[5,6]})
df
A B
0 3.0 5
1 NaN 6

Performing a comparison yields:

df.lt(5)
A B
0 True False
1 False False

Notice how NaN < 5 returned False.

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Published by Isshin Inada
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