To get the value of the first row of a given column use pandas.DataFrame.iloc[] property . In this article, I will explain how to get the first row and nth row value of a given column (single and multiple columns) from pandas DataFrame with Examples.
1. Quick Examples to Get First Row Value of Given Column
Below are some quick examples of how to get first row values of the given column in pandas DataFrame.
# Get first row of a given column.
df['Courses'].iloc[0]
# Get First row values of Multiple Column.
df[['Courses','Fee']].iloc[0]
# Get Nth row value of given column.
df[['Courses','Fee']].iloc[2]
# Using column Index
df.iloc[0,0]
df.iloc[1,2]
# Using row label & column label
df.loc["r2","Fee"]
Now, let’s create a Pandas DataFrame with a few rows and columns, execute these examples and validate results. Our DataFrame contains column names Courses, Fee, Duration, and Discount.
# Create a Pandas DataFrame.
import pandas as pd
technologies = {
'Courses':["Spark","PySpark","Python","pandas"],
'Fee' :[20000,25000,22000,30000],
'Duration':['30days','40days','35days','50days'],
'Discount':[1000,2300,1200,2000]
}
index_labels=['r1','r2','r3','r4']
df = pd.DataFrame(technologies,index=index_labels)
print(df)
Yields below output.
Courses Fee Duration Discount
r1 Spark 20000 30days 1000
r2 PySpark 25000 40days 2300
r3 Python 22000 35days 1200
r4 pandas 30000 50days 2000
2. Get First Row Value of a Given Column in Pandas DataFrame
Pandas.DataFrame.iloc[] is used to get the value of any cell by providing a row and column index. I will use this to get the first-row value of any given column. The below example gets first row value of column Courses.
# To get first row of a given column.
df['Courses'].iloc[0]
print(df)
Yields below output.
'Spark'
You can also get the same just by using iloc[] or loc[] as it takes both row and column and gets you the value of the cell.
# Using row label & column label
df.loc["r2","Fee"]
# Using column Index
df.iloc[0,0]
df.iloc[1,2]
3. Get First Row Value of Multiple Column
Similarly, you can also get the first row values of multiple columns from the DataFrame using iloc[] property.
# To get First row values of Multiple Column.
df[['Courses','Fee']].iloc[0]
print(df)
Yields below output.
Courses Spark
Fee 20000
Name: r1, dtype: object
4. Get Nth Row Value of the Given Column
By now you would know that using the same approach you can get the Nth row values of given column in pandas DataFrame. Below example returns for 3rd row. (index starts from zero)
# To get Nth row value of given column.
df[['Courses','Fee']].iloc[2]
Yields below output.
Courses Python
Fee 22000
Name: r3, dtype: object
 5. Complete Example For Get First Row Value of a Given Column
import pandas as pd
technologies = {
'Courses':["Spark","PySpark","Python","pandas"],
'Fee' :[20000,25000,22000,30000],
'Duration':['30days','40days','35days','50days'],
'Discount':[1000,2300,1200,2000]
}
index_labels=['r1','r2','r3','r4']
df = pd.DataFrame(technologies,index=index_labels)
print(df)
# To get first row of a given column.
df['Courses'].iloc[0]
print(df)
# To get First row values of Multiple Column.
df[['Courses','Fee']].iloc[0]
print(df)
# To get Nth row value of given column.
df[['Courses','Fee']].iloc[2]
print(df)
# Using column Index
print(df.iloc[0,0])
print(df.iloc[1,2])
# Using row label & column label
print(df.loc["r2","Fee"])
Conclusion
In this article, you have learned how to get the first row of a given single column, multiple columns and for N th row of selected columns with examples.
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