Pandas: Construct a series using the MultiIndex levels

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12. Construct Series Using MultiIndex Levels as Column and Index

Write a Pandas program to construct a series using the MultiIndex levels as the column and index.

Sample Solution:

Python Code :

import pandas as pd 
import numpy as np
sales_arrays = [['sale1', 'sale1', 'sale2', 'sale2', 'sale3', 'sale3', 'sale4', 'sale4'],
          ['city1', 'city2', 'city1', 'city2', 'city1', 'city2', 'city1', 'city2']]
sales_tuples = list(zip(*sales_arrays))
print("Create a MultiIndex:")
sales_index = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(sales_tuples, names=['sale', 'city'])
print(sales_tuples)
print("\nConstruct a series using the said MultiIndex levels: ")
s = pd.Series(np.random.randn(8), index = sales_index)
print(s)

Sample Output:

Create a MultiIndex:
[('sale1', 'city1'), ('sale1', 'city2'), ('sale2', 'city1'), ('sale2', 'city2'), ('sale3', 'city1'), ('sale3', 'city2'), ('sale4', 'city1'), ('sale4', 'city2')]

Construct a series using the said MultiIndex levels: 
sale   city 
sale1  city1   -1.533805
       city2   -1.546815
sale2  city1    0.018307
       city2   -0.210834
sale3  city1    0.903430
       city2    1.269479
sale4  city1   -0.550486
       city2    1.738659
dtype: float64

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a Pandas program to construct a Series from a DataFrame’s MultiIndex levels and then display the Series with the levels as its index.
• Write a Pandas program to extract one level of a MultiIndex and then create a Series with this level as both the index and the values.
• Write a Pandas program to use two levels of a MultiIndex as the Series index and then sort the Series by these levels.
• Write a Pandas program to flatten a MultiIndex into a Series where the combined levels serve as the index labels.

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