polars.DataFrame.transpose#

DataFrame.transpose(*, include_header: bool = False, header_name: str = 'column', column_names: Iterator[str] | Sequence[str] | None = None) → Self[source]#

Transpose a DataFrame over the diagonal.

Parameters:

include_header: If set, the column names will be added as first column.
header_name: If include_header is set, this determines the name of the column that will be inserted.
column_names: Optional generator/iterator that yields column names. Will be used to replace the columns in the DataFrame.

Returns:

DataFrame

Notes

This is a very expensive operation. Perhaps you can do it differently.

Examples

>>> df = pl.DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3], "b": [1, 2, 3]})
>>> df.transpose(include_header=True)
shape: (2, 4)
┌────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
│ column ┆ column_0 ┆ column_1 ┆ column_2 │
│ ---    ┆ ---      ┆ ---      ┆ ---      │
│ str    ┆ i64      ┆ i64      ┆ i64      │
╞════════╪══════════╪══════════╪══════════╡
│ a      ┆ 1        ┆ 2        ┆ 3        │
│ b      ┆ 1        ┆ 2        ┆ 3        │
└────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┘

Replace the auto-generated column names with a list

>>> df.transpose(include_header=False, column_names=["a", "b", "c"])
shape: (2, 3)
┌─────┬─────┬─────┐
│ a   ┆ b   ┆ c   │
│ --- ┆ --- ┆ --- │
│ i64 ┆ i64 ┆ i64 │
╞═════╪═════╪═════╡
│ 1   ┆ 2   ┆ 3   │
│ 1   ┆ 2   ┆ 3   │
└─────┴─────┴─────┘

Include the header as a separate column

>>> df.transpose(
...     include_header=True, header_name="foo", column_names=["a", "b", "c"]
... )
shape: (2, 4)
┌─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┐
│ foo ┆ a   ┆ b   ┆ c   │
│ --- ┆ --- ┆ --- ┆ --- │
│ str ┆ i64 ┆ i64 ┆ i64 │
╞═════╪═════╪═════╪═════╡
│ a   ┆ 1   ┆ 2   ┆ 3   │
│ b   ┆ 1   ┆ 2   ┆ 3   │
└─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┘

Replace the auto-generated column with column names from a generator function

>>> def name_generator():
...     base_name = "my_column_"
...     count = 0
...     while True:
...         yield f"{base_name}{count}"
...         count += 1
...
>>> df.transpose(include_header=False, column_names=name_generator())
shape: (2, 3)
┌─────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┐
│ my_column_0 ┆ my_column_1 ┆ my_column_2 │
│ ---         ┆ ---         ┆ ---         │
│ i64         ┆ i64         ┆ i64         │
╞═════════════╪═════════════╪═════════════╡
│ 1           ┆ 2           ┆ 3           │
│ 1           ┆ 2           ┆ 3           │
└─────────────┴─────────────┴─────────────┘