Get Integer Location for Requested Label in Python Pandas

To get integer location for requested label and find the previous index value if no exact match, use the index.get_loc(). Set the parameter method to the value ffill.

At first, import the required libraries −

import pandas as pd

Creating Pandas index −

index = pd.Index([10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70])

Display the Pandas index −

print("Pandas Index...\n",index)

Get the location of the previous index if no exact match. The value is set "ffill" using the "method" parameter of the get_loc() −

print("\nGet the location of the previous index if no exact match...\n", index.get_loc(45, method="ffill"))

Example

Following is the code −

import pandas as pd

# Creating Pandas index
index = pd.Index([10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70])

# Display the Pandas index
print("Pandas Index...\n",index)

# Return the number of elements in the Index
print("\nNumber of elements in the index...\n",index.size)

# get integer location from the given index
print("\nDisplay integer location from given index...\n",index.get_loc(20))
print("\nDisplay integer location from given index...\n",index.get_loc(50))

# Get the location of the previous index if no exact match
# The value is set "ffill" using the "method" parameter of the get_loc()
print("\nGet the location of the previous index if no exact match...\n", index.get_loc(45, method="ffill"))

Output

This will produce the following output −

Pandas Index...
Int64Index([10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70], dtype='int64')

Number of elements in the index...
7

Display integer location from given index...
1

Display integer location from given index...
4

Get the location of the previous index if no exact match...
3