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I have two dataframes both of which have the same basic schema. (4 date fields, a couple of string fields, and 4-5 float fields). Call them df1 and df2.
What I want to do is basically get a "diff" of the two - where I get back all rows that are not shared between the two dataframes (not in the set intersection). Note, the two dataframes need not be the same length.
I tried using pandas.merge(how='outer') but I was not sure what column to pass in as the 'key' as there really isn't one and the various combinations I tried were not working. It is possible that df1 or df2 has two (or more) rows that are identical.
What is a good way to do this in pandas/Python?
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subtract() function is used for finding the subtraction of dataframe and other, element-wise. This function is essentially same as doing dataframe – other but with a support to substitute for missing data in one of the inputs.
Pandas DataFrame: equals() function The equals() function is used to test whether two objects contain the same elements. This function allows two Series or DataFrames to be compared against each other to see if they have the same shape and elements. NaNs in the same location are considered equal.
Try this:
diff_df = pd.merge(df1, df2, how='outer', indicator='Exist')
diff_df = diff_df.loc[diff_df['Exist'] != 'both']
You will have a dataframe of all rows that don't exist on both df1 and df2.
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