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Hello everybody, I'm new in python and I would ask you a question that is making me crazy.
I think I've not well understood some things, so please help me.
The question is: I want to fill NaN value of a column in a dataframe but based on a value of another column.
The example of 2 dataframe:

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

df = pd.DataFrame([{'a':'A', 'b': 'B', 'c': 15.2},  \
                   {'a':'Z', 'b': 'M', 'c': 1.7},   \
                   {'a':'A', 'b': 'B', 'c': np.nan},\
                   {'a':'Z', 'b': 'B', 'c': 16.8},  \
                   {'a':'Z', 'b': 'M', 'c': np.nan},\
                   {'a':'A', 'b': 'M', 'c': np.nan},\
                   {'a':'Z', 'b': 'B', 'c': np.nan}])

sw = pd.DataFrame([{'x': 'B', 'v': 66.6},  \
                   {'x': 'M', 'v': 99.9},])

Now I want to fill Nan value of column named c in dataframe df depending on the value of the column b of the dataframe df and take the value from another dataframe sw, that is:
- if M then 99.9
- if B then 66.6

Here's the problem...
I try:

df.loc[(df['b'] == 'M') & (df['c'].isnull()), 'c'] = sw.loc[(sw['x']=='M'), 'v']
df.loc[(df['b'] == 'B') & (df['c'].isnull()), 'c'] = sw.loc[(sw['x']=='B'), 'v']

But the dataframe df doesn't change, Nan value still remain...

Where I'm wrong?

Thank you for answers.

sw.loc[(sw['x']=='M'), 'v']

This is a pandas series (with one value) and you can not assign this to your cell.
Just make it a value.

df.loc[(df['b'] == 'M') & (df['c'].isnull()), 'c'] = sw.loc[(sw['x']=='M'), 'v'].values
df.loc[(df['b'] == 'B') & (df['c'].isnull()), 'c'] = sw.loc[(sw['x']=='B'), 'v'].values

Output:
	a	b	c
0	A	B	15.2
1	Z	M	1.7
2	A	B	66.6
3	Z	B	16.8
4	Z	M	99.9
5	A	M	99.9
6	Z	B	66.6

(Nov-12-2019, 07:29 PM)ThomasL Wrote: [ -> ]...

Thank you very much ThomaL!!!