Issue in applying function in Pandas data frame

Question

Hi I have the following function to decide the winner:

def winner(T1,T2,S1,S2,PS1,PS2):
    if S1>S2:
        return T1        
    elif S2>S1:
        return T2
    else:
        #print('Winner will be decided via penalty shoot out')
        Ninit = 5
        Ts1 = np.sum(np.random.random(size=Ninit))*PS1
        Ts2 = np.sum(np.random.random(size=Ninit))*PS2
        if Ts1>Ts1:
            return T1
        elif Ts2>Ts1:
            return T2
        else:
            return 'Draw'

And I have the following data frame:

df = pd.DataFrame()
df['Team1']   = ['A','B','C','D','E','F']
df['Score1']  = [1,2,3,1,2,4]
df['Team2']   = ['U','V','W','X','Y','Z']
df['Score2']  = [2,2,2,2,3,3]
df['Match']   = df['Team1']  + ' Vs '+ df['Team2']
df['Match_no']= [1,2,3,4,5,6]
df ['P1'] = [0.8,0.7,0.6,0.9,0.75,0.77]
df ['P2'] = [0.75,0.75,0.65,0.78,0.79,0.85]

I want to create a new column in which winner from each match will be assigned. To decide a winner from each match, I used the function winner. I tested the function using arbitrary inputs. it works. When I used dataframe,

as follow:

df['Winner']= winner(df.Team1,df.Team2,df.Score1,df.Score2,df.P1,df.P2)

it showed me the following error:

ValueError: The truth value of a Series is ambiguous. Use a.empty, a.bool(), a.item(), a.any() or a.all().

Can anyone advise why there is an error? Thanks

Zep.

Possible duplicate of [Truth value of a Series is ambiguous. Use a.empty, a.bool(), a.item(), a.any() or a.all()](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36921951/truth-value-of-a-series-is-ambiguous-use-a-empty-a-bool-a-item-a-any-o) — , Jun 29 '18 at 04:11

piRSquared · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-29T04:35:02.580

Your function isn't set up to take pandas.Series as inputs. Use a different way.

df['Winner'] = [
    winner(*t) for t in zip(df.Team1, df.Team2, df.Score1, df.Score2, df.P1, df.P2)]

df

  Team1  Score1 Team2  Score2   Match  Match_no    P1    P2 Winner
0     A       1     U       2  A Vs U         1  0.80  0.75      U
1     B       2     V       2  B Vs V         2  0.70  0.75      V
2     C       3     W       2  C Vs W         3  0.60  0.65      C
3     D       1     X       2  D Vs X         4  0.90  0.78      X
4     E       2     Y       3  E Vs Y         5  0.75  0.79      Y
5     F       4     Z       3  F Vs Z         6  0.77  0.85      F

Another way to go about it

def winner(T1,T2,S1,S2,PS1,PS2):
    ninit = 5
    Ts1 = np.random.rand(5).sum() * PS1
    Ts2 = np.random.rand(5).sum() * PS2
    a = np.select(
        [S1 > S2, S2 > S1, Ts1 > Ts2, Ts2 > Ts1],
        [T1, T2, T1, T2], 'DRAW')
    return a

df.assign(Winner=winner(df.Team1, df.Team2, df.Score1, df.Score2, df.P1, df.P2))

  Team1  Score1 Team2  Score2   Match  Match_no    P1    P2 Winner
0     A       1     U       2  A Vs U         1  0.80  0.75      U
1     B       2     V       2  B Vs V         2  0.70  0.75      B
2     C       3     W       2  C Vs W         3  0.60  0.65      C
3     D       1     X       2  D Vs X         4  0.90  0.78      X
4     E       2     Y       3  E Vs Y         5  0.75  0.79      Y
5     F       4     Z       3  F Vs Z         6  0.77  0.85      F

Dear piRSquared, Thanks you so much for your advice. If you do not mind, would you advise me how to set up a function to take pandas series? Appreciate your help. — Zephyr, Jun 29 '18 at 04:22

Issue in applying function in Pandas data frame

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