Convert Select Columns in Pandas Dataframe to Numpy Array

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I would like to convert everything but the first column of a pandas dataframe into a numpy array. For some reason using the columns= parameter of DataFrame.to_matrix() is not working.

df:

  viz  a1_count  a1_mean     a1_std
0   n         3        2   0.816497
1   n         0      NaN        NaN 
2   n         2       51  50.000000

I tried X=df.as_matrix(columns=[df[1:]]) but this yields an array of all NaNs

You are passing rows not column names – Padraic Cunningham Aug 03 '15 at 13:55 — Padraic Cunningham, Aug 03 '15 at 13:55

score 118 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '16 at 14:57

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the easy way is the "values" property df.iloc[:,1:].values

a=df.iloc[:,1:]
b=df.iloc[:,1:].values

print(type(df))
print(type(a))
print(type(b))

so, you can get type

<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'>
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'>
<class 'numpy.ndarray'>

answered Feb 26 '16 at 14:57

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Or if you want to extract the columns by name instead of position: `df[['a1_count', 'a1_mean', 'a1_std']].values` – danvk May 07 '19 at 17:53

score 76 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '19 at 06:57

Please use the Pandas to_numpy() method. Below is an example--

>>> import pandas as pd
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A":[1, 2], "B":[3, 4], "C":[5, 6]})
>>> df 
    A  B  C
 0  1  3  5
 1  2  4  6
>>> s_array = df[["A", "B", "C"]].to_numpy()
>>> s_array

array([[1, 3, 5],
   [2, 4, 6]]) 

>>> t_array = df[["B", "C"]].to_numpy() 
>>> print (t_array)

[[3 5]
 [4 6]]

Hope this helps. You can select any number of columns using

columns = ['col1', 'col2', 'col3']
df1 = df[columns]

Then apply to_numpy() method.

score 47 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '15 at 13:55

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The columns parameter accepts a collection of column names. You're passing a list containing a dataframe with two rows:

>>> [df[1:]]
[  viz  a1_count  a1_mean  a1_std
1   n         0      NaN     NaN
2   n         2       51      50]
>>> df.as_matrix(columns=[df[1:]])
array([[ nan,  nan],
       [ nan,  nan],
       [ nan,  nan]])

Instead, pass the column names you want:

>>> df.columns[1:]
Index(['a1_count', 'a1_mean', 'a1_std'], dtype='object')
>>> df.as_matrix(columns=df.columns[1:])
array([[  3.      ,   2.      ,   0.816497],
       [  0.      ,        nan,        nan],
       [  2.      ,  51.      ,  50.      ]])

answered Aug 03 '15 at 13:55

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Thank you. I had a feeling I was missing something trivial. – Adam_G Aug 03 '15 at 13:57
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I would just like to add that as_matrix is being removed in a future version and the message I received said to use .values instead. – DataGirl Jun 22 '18 at 16:53
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as_matrix is now deprecated. – Gulzar Nov 22 '18 at 12:59
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Try using `values` instead of `as_matrix` – Rahat Zaman Jun 13 '19 at 02:31
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Starting from version 0.24.0 just use `to_numpy` method on your column (https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.to_numpy.html#pandas.DataFrame.to_numpy) – Most Wanted Jun 22 '19 at 10:11

score 16 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 08 '20 at 19:07

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Hope this easy one liner helps:

cols_as_np = df[df.columns[1:]].to_numpy()

answered Jul 08 '20 at 19:07

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score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 22 '19 at 06:59

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The best way for converting to Numpy Array is using '.to_numpy(self, dtype=None, copy=False)'. It is new in version 0.24.0.Refrence

You can also use '.array'.Refrence

Pandas .as_matrix deprecated since version 0.23.0.

answered Jul 22 '19 at 06:59

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 26 '22 at 00:37

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Instead of .as_matrix(), use .values, because the first one was deprecated. Here is the contribution:

'DataFrame' object has no attribute 'as_matrix

answered Feb 26 '22 at 00:37

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 12 '18 at 14:16

The fastest and easiest way is to use `.as_matrix()`. One short line:

df.iloc[:,[1,2,3]].as_matrix()

Gives:

array([[3, 2, 0.816497],
   [0, 'NaN', 'NaN'],
   [2, 51, 50.0]], dtype=object)

By using indices of the columns, you can use this code for any dataframe with different column names.

Here are the steps for your example:

import pandas as pd
columns = ['viz', 'a1_count', 'a1_mean', 'a1_std']
index = [0,1,2]
vals = {'viz': ['n','n','n'], 'a1_count': [3,0,2], 'a1_mean': [2,'NaN', 51], 'a1_std': [0.816497, 'NaN', 50.000000]}
df = pd.DataFrame(vals, columns=columns, index=index)

Gives:

   viz  a1_count a1_mean    a1_std
0   n         3       2  0.816497
1   n         0     NaN       NaN
2   n         2      51        50

Then:

x1 = df.iloc[:,[1,2,3]].as_matrix()

Gives:

array([[3, 2, 0.816497],
   [0, 'NaN', 'NaN'],
   [2, 51, 50.0]], dtype=object)

Where x1 is numpy.ndarray.

Convert Select Columns in Pandas Dataframe to Numpy Array

7 Answers7

The fastest and easiest way is to use `.as_matrix()`. One short line:

Gives:

By using indices of the columns, you can use this code for any dataframe with different column names.

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Convert Select Columns in Pandas Dataframe to Numpy Array

7 Answers7

The fastest and easiest way is to use .as_matrix(). One short line:

Gives:

By using indices of the columns, you can use this code for any dataframe with different column names.

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The fastest and easiest way is to use `.as_matrix()`. One short line: