gistfile1.py

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print type(df_with_tags.tags)
print type(df_with_tags.tags.values)
print df_with_tags.tags.head(10)
 
np.searchsorted(df_with_tags.tags[0], 'wizz_x')
 

<class 'pandas.core.series.Series'>
<type 'numpy.ndarray'>
0     [wizz_x, wiz_y, wiz_z]
2     [wizz_x, wiz_y, wiz_z]
3            [wizz_z, wiz_y]
4            [wizz_z, wiz_y]
8             [wiz_y, wiz_z]
9                   [wizz_x]
10                  [wizz_x]
11           [wizz_z, wiz_y]
12                 [wizz_x1]
13          [wizz_x1, wiz_y]
Name: tags, dtype: object
Out[15]: