熊猫数据框:to_dict()性能不佳

时间:2019-01-26 18:41:30

标签: python pandas dataframe pivot-table vectorization

我使用返回大熊猫数据帧的API。我不知道直接迭代数据框的快速方法,因此我使用to_dict()投射到字典。

数据以字典形式显示后,性能很好。但是,to_dict()操作往往会成为性能瓶颈。

我经常将数据框的列分组在一起以形成多索引,并为to_dict()使用'index'方向。不知道大型多索引是否会导致性能下降。

有没有更快的方法来投射熊猫数据框?也许有更好的方法直接在数据帧上进行迭代而不进行任何强制转换?不确定是否可以应用向量化。

下面我提供了示例代码,该代码模仿了计时问题:

import pandas as pd
import random as rd
import time

#Given a dataframe from api (model as random numbers)
df_columns = ['A','B','C','D','F','G','H','I']
dict_origin = {col:[rd.randint(0,10) for x in range(0,1000)] for col in df_columns}
dict_origin = pd.DataFrame(dict_origin)

#Transform to pivot table
t0 = time.time()
df_pivot = pd.pivot_table(dict_origin,values=df_columns[-3:],index=df_columns[:-3])
t1 = time.time()
print('Pivot Construction takes: ' + str(t1-t0))

#Iterate over all elements in pivot table
t0 = time.time()
for column in df_pivot.columns:
    for row in df_pivot[column].index:
        test = df_pivot[column].loc[row]
t1 = time.time()
print('Dataframe iteration takes: ' + str(t1-t0))


#Iteration over dataframe too slow. Cast to dictionary (bottleneck)
t0 = time.time()
df_pivot = df_pivot.to_dict('index')
t1 = time.time()
print('Cast to dictionary takes: ' + str(t1-t0))

#Iteration over dictionary is much faster
t0 = time.time()
for row in df_pivot.keys():
    for column in df_pivot[row]:
        test = df_pivot[row][column]
t1 = time.time()
print('Iteration over dictionary takes: ' + str(t1-t0))

谢谢!

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

常见指导是不要迭代,在所有行列或分组的行/列上使用函数。下面的第三个代码块显示了如何遍历numpy数组,该数组是.values属性。结果是:

数据透视构建需要:0.012315988540649414

数据帧迭代需要:0.32346272468566895

值的迭代需要:0.004369020462062036133

投放到字典的时间为:0.023524761199951172

字典迭代需要:0.0010480880737304688

import pandas as pd
from io import StringIO 

# Test data
import pandas as pd
import random as rd
import time

#Given a dataframe from api (model as random numbers)
df_columns = ['A','B','C','D','F','G','H','I']
dict_origin = {col:[rd.randint(0,10) for x in range(0,1000)] for col in df_columns}
dict_origin = pd.DataFrame(dict_origin)

#Transform to pivot table
t0 = time.time()
df_pivot = pd.pivot_table(dict_origin,values=df_columns[-3:],index=df_columns[:-3])
t1 = time.time()
print('Pivot Construction takes: ' + str(t1-t0))

#Iterate over all elements in pivot table
t0 = time.time()
for column in df_pivot.columns:
    for row in df_pivot[column].index:
        test = df_pivot[column].loc[row]
t1 = time.time()
print('Dataframe iteration takes: ' + str(t1-t0))

#Iterate over all values in pivot table
t0 = time.time()
v = df_pivot.values
for row in range(df_pivot.shape[0]):
    for column in range(df_pivot.shape[1]):
        test = v[row, column]
t1 = time.time()
print('Iteration over values takes: ' + str(t1-t0))


#Iteration over dataframe too slow. Cast to dictionary (bottleneck)
t0 = time.time()
df_pivot = df_pivot.to_dict('index')
t1 = time.time()
print('Cast to dictionary takes: ' + str(t1-t0))

#Iteration over dictionary is much faster
t0 = time.time()
for row in df_pivot.keys():
    for column in df_pivot[row]:
        test = df_pivot[row][column]
t1 = time.time()
print('Iteration over dictionary takes: ' + str(t1-t0))