example2

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       "    <tr style=\"text-align: right;\">\n",
       "      <th></th>\n",
       "      <th>num</th>\n",
       "      <th>class</th>\n",
       "    </tr>\n",
       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>alpha</th>\n",
       "      <th></th>\n",
       "      <th></th>\n",
       "    </tr>\n",
       "  </thead>\n",
       "  <tbody>\n",
       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>x</th>\n",
       "      <td>2</td>\n",
       "      <td>True</td>\n",
       "    </tr>\n",
       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>y</th>\n",
       "      <td>3</td>\n",
       "      <td>False</td>\n",
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       "      <th>x</th>\n",
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       "       num  class\n",
       "alpha            \n",
       "x        2   True\n",
       "y        3  False\n",
       "x        1  False"
      ]
     },
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    "import pandas as pd\n",
    "df0 = pd.DataFrame([['x',2,True],\n",
    "                   ['y',3,False],\n",
    "                   ['x',1,False]],columns=['alpha','num','class'])\n",
    "df0.set_index(['alpha'],inplace=True)\n",
    "df0"
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       "  <thead>\n",
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       "      <th></th>\n",
       "      <th>num</th>\n",
       "      <th>class</th>\n",
       "    </tr>\n",
       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>alpha</th>\n",
       "      <th></th>\n",
       "      <th></th>\n",
       "    </tr>\n",
       "  </thead>\n",
       "  <tbody>\n",
       "    <tr>\n",
       "      <th>x</th>\n",
       "      <td>2</td>\n",
       "      <td>True</td>\n",
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       "    <tr>\n",
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       "       num  class\n",
       "alpha            \n",
       "x        2   True\n",
       "x        1  False"
      ]
     },
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    "df0.loc['x']"
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example2.ipynb