Question #149

How to shuffle rows in a Pandas dataframe in Python?

Submitted by Alphonsio
08/27/2020 at 05:27:37 PM UTC
Answer

In Python, to shuffle rows in a dataframe, use the .sample() method:

df.sample(frac=1)


If you wish to shuffle and reset the index, use:

df = df.sample(frac=1).reset_index(drop=True)

Last update by Alphonsio
08/27/2020 at 05:30:09 PM UTC
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Answer by Alphonsio 08/27/2020 at 05:30:09 PM

In Python, to shuffle rows in a dataframe, use the .sample() method:

df.sample(frac=1)


If you wish to shuffle and reset the index, use:

df = df.sample(frac=1).reset_index(drop=True)

Question by Alphonsio 08/27/2020 at 05:27:37 PM
How to shuffle rows in a Pandas dataframe in Python?
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