Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@jlln
jlln / separator.py
Last active November 9, 2023 19:59
Efficiently split Pandas Dataframe cells containing lists into multiple rows, duplicating the other column's values.
def splitDataFrameList(df,target_column,separator):
''' df = dataframe to split,
target_column = the column containing the values to split
separator = the symbol used to perform the split
returns: a dataframe with each entry for the target column separated, with each element moved into a new row.
The values in the other columns are duplicated across the newly divided rows.
'''
def splitListToRows(row,row_accumulator,target_column,separator):
split_row = row[target_column].split(separator)