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This tutorial explains how to pandas.DataFrame.reset_index()reset the index in a Pandas DataFrame using . reset_index()The method sets the index of the DataFrame to the default index, a number ranging from 0to (DataFrame 中的行数-1).

Pandas DataFrame reset_index()Methods

grammar

DataFrame.reset_index(level=None, drop=False, inplace=False, col_level=0, col_fill="")

pandas.DataFrame.reset_index()Reset the index of a DataFrame using

import pandas as pd

roll_no = [501, 502, 503, 504, 505]

student_df = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        "Name": ["Alice", "Steven", "Neesham", "Chris", "Alice"],
        "Age": [17, 20, 18, 21, 15],
        "City": ["New York", "Portland", "Boston", "Seattle", "Austin"],
        "Grade": ["A", "B-", "B+", "A-", "A"],
    },
    index=roll_no,
)

print(student_df)

Output:

        Name  Age      City Grade
501    Alice   17  New York     A
502   Steven   20  Portland    B-
503  Neesham   18    Boston    B+
504    Chris   21   Seattle    A-
505    Alice   15    Austin     A

Suppose we have a DataFrame with 5 rows and 4 columns as shown in the output. We also set an index in the DataFrame.

Reset the index of the DataFrame, keeping the initial index of the DataFrame as columns

import pandas as pd

roll_no = [501, 502, 503, 504, 505]

student_df = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        "Name": ["Alice", "Steven", "Neesham", "Chris", "Alice"],
        "Age": [17, 20, 18, 21, 15],
        "City": ["New York", "Portland", "Boston", "Seattle", "Austin"],
        "Grade": ["A", "B-", "B+", "A-", "A"],
    },
    index=roll_no,
)

print("Initial DataFrame:")
print(student_df)
print("")

print("DataFrame after reset_index:")
student_df.reset_index(inplace=True, drop=False)
print(student_df)

Output:

Initial DataFrame:
        Name  Age      City Grade
501    Alice   17  New York     A
502   Steven   20  Portland    B-
503  Neesham   18    Boston    B+
504    Chris   21   Seattle    A-
505    Alice   15    Austin     A

DataFrame after reset_index:
   index     Name  Age      City Grade
0    501    Alice   17  New York     A
1    502   Steven   20  Portland    B-
2    503  Neesham   18    Boston    B+
3    504    Chris   21   Seattle    A-
4    505    Alice   15    Austin     A

It student_dfresets the index of the DataFrame to the default index. inplace=TrueThe changes are made in the original DataFrame itself. If we use drop=False, the initial index will be placed in the DataFrame as a column. If we use drop=False, reset_index()after using the method, the initial index will be placed in the DataFrame as a column.

Reset the index of the DataFrame and delete the initial index of the DataFrame

import pandas as pd

roll_no = [501, 502, 503, 504, 505]

student_df = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        "Name": ["Alice", "Steven", "Neesham", "Chris", "Alice"],
        "Age": [17, 20, 18, 21, 15],
        "City": ["New York", "Portland", "Boston", "Seattle", "Austin"],
        "Grade": ["A", "B-", "B+", "A-", "A"],
    },
    index=roll_no,
)

print("Initial DataFrame:")
print(student_df)
print("")

print("DataFrame after reset_index:")
student_df.reset_index(inplace=True, drop=True)
print(student_df)

Output:

Initial DataFrame:
        Name  Age      City Grade
501    Alice   17  New York     A
502   Steven   20  Portland    B-
503  Neesham   18    Boston    B+
504    Chris   21   Seattle    A-
505    Alice   15    Austin     A

DataFrame after reset_index:
      Name  Age      City Grade
0    Alice   17  New York     A
1   Steven   20  Portland    B-
2  Neesham   18    Boston    B+
3    Chris   21   Seattle    A-
4    Alice   15    Austin     A

It student_dfresets the index of the DataFrame to the default index. Since we reset_index()set it in the method drop=True, the initial index is removed from the DataFrame.

Resetting the index of a DataFrame after deleting rows

import pandas as pd

roll_no = [501, 502, 503, 504, 505]

student_df = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        "Name": ["Alice", "Steven", "Neesham", "Chris", "Alice"],
        "Age": [17, 20, 18, 21, 15],
        "City": ["New York", "Portland", "Boston", "Seattle", "Austin"],
        "Grade": ["A", "B-", "B+", "A-", "A"],
    }
)

student_df.drop([2, 3], inplace=True)
print("Initial DataFrame:")
print(student_df)
print("")

student_df.reset_index(inplace=True, drop=True)
print("DataFrame after reset_index:")
print(student_df)

Output:

Initial DataFrame:
     Name  Age      City Grade
0   Alice   17  New York     A
1  Steven   20  Portland    B-
4   Alice   15    Austin     A

DataFrame after reset_index:
     Name  Age      City Grade
0   Alice   17  New York     A
1  Steven   20  Portland    B-
2   Alice   15    Austin     A

As we can see in the output, we have missing indices after removing the rows. In this case, we can use reset_index()the remove() method to use the indices without missing values.

If we want the initial index to be a column of the DataFrame, we can reset_index()use it in the method drop=False.