indexing - In PANDAS, how to get the index of a known value?

Question

If we have a known value in a column, how can we get its index-value? For example:

In [148]: a = pd.DataFrame(np.arange(10).reshape(5,2),columns=['c1','c2'])
In [149]: a
Out[149]:   
   c1  c2
0   0   1
1   2   3
2   4   5
........

As we know, we can get a value by the index corresponding to it, like this.

In [151]: a.ix[0,1]    In [152]: a.c2[0]   In [154]: a.c2.ix[0]   <--  use index
Out[151]: 1            Out[152]: 1         Out[154]: 1            <--  get value

But how to get the index by value?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16683701/in-pandas-how-to-get-the-index-of-a-known-value

Answer 1

There might be more than one index map to your value, it make more sense to return a list:

In [48]: a
Out[48]: 
   c1  c2
0   0   1
1   2   3
2   4   5
3   6   7
4   8   9

In [49]: a.c1[a.c1 == 8].index.tolist()
Out[49]: [4]