Convert pandas dataframe to tuple of tuples

Question

I have the following pandas dataframe df:

     Description    Code
0    Apples         014
1    Oranges        015
2    Bananas        017
3    Grapes         021

I need to convert it to a tuple of tuples, like this:

my_fruits = ( ('Apples', '014'), 
              ('Oranges', '015'), 
              ('Bananas', '017'), 
              ('Grapes', '021')
            )

Can you help me, please? I have tried the following code but it does not return what I really want:

list(zip(df.columns,df.T.values.tolist()))

Thanks in advance!!!

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '18 at 14:44

9

Would something like this work?

tuple(df.itertuples(index=False, name=None))

answered Aug 17 '18 at 14:44

TheHCA

I prefer this way because it is more generic and I do not need to hard code the column names. This should be the accepted answer. – nitin3685 Oct 09 '19 at 18:51

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 17 '18 at 14:41

3

You need to zip the two columns:

tuple(zip(df.Description, df.Code))
# (('Apples', 14), ('Oranges', 15), ('Bananas', 17), ('Grapes', 21))

answered Aug 17 '18 at 14:41

Psidom

Thank you!! It worked!! Do you know how I can remove the u sign before each string? it says u('Apples', u '014') – Gabriela M Aug 17 '18 at 14:50
1

It just means [your strings are in unicode](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2464959/whats-the-u-prefix-in-a-python-string) – TheHCA Aug 17 '18 at 14:57
You probably are using python 2. As commented @TheHCA, it indicates the strings are unicode. You can use [this approach](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1207457/convert-a-unicode-string-to-a-string-in-python-containing-extra-symbols) to convert unicode to ascii if you want them in ascii and don't mind losing some information on non-ascii characters. But generally you should be fine leaving the `u` alone. – Psidom Aug 17 '18 at 15:02
@Psidom, I understood your point. However, it always fails because a tuple does not have that attribute encode/decode :( – Gabriela M Aug 17 '18 at 15:04
You can't directly encode and decode a tuple; It has to be on the strings, something like `tuple((x.encode('ascii'), y.encode('ascii')) for x, y in zip(df.Description, df.Code))`. – Psidom Aug 17 '18 at 15:08

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