Create new column in csv pandas

You can create a new column in a CSV file using pandas in Python by following these steps:

  1. Import the pandas library:
    import pandas as pd
  2. Read the CSV file into a pandas DataFrame:
    df = pd.read_csv('your_file.csv')
  3. Create a new column by assigning a value to a new column name:
    df['new_column_name'] = [value1, value2,...]

    Here, value1, value2, etc. are the values you want to assign to the new column.

For example, if you want to create a new column called new_column with values 1, 2, 3, etc.:

df['new_column'] = range(1, len(df) + 1)
  1. If you want to create a new column based on an existing column, you can use the apply method:

    df['new_column'] = df['existing_column'].apply(lambda x: x * 2)

    This will create a new column new_column with values that are twice the values in the existing_column.

  2. If you want to create a new column based on multiple columns, you can use the apply method with a lambda function:

    df['new_column'] = df.apply(lambda row: row['col1'] + row['col2'], axis=1)

    This will create a new column new_column with values that are the sum of the values in col1 and col2 for each row.

  3. Finally, you can write the updated DataFrame back to the CSV file:

    df.to_csv('your_file.csv', index=False)

    This will overwrite the original CSV file with the updated DataFrame.

Here is an example code snippet that creates a new column new_column with values 1, 2, 3, etc.:

import pandas as pd

# Read the CSV file
df = pd.read_csv('your_file.csv')

# Create a new column
df['new_column'] = range(1, len(df) + 1)

# Write the updated DataFrame back to the CSV file
df.to_csv('your_file.csv', index=False)

Note that the index=False parameter in the to_csv method tells pandas not to write the row index to the CSV file.