ValueError when adding row to Dataframe

Question

I am trying to append to a Dataframe dynamically, but get the error ValueError: Incompatible Indexer with Dataframe in the line df.loc[count] = pandas.DataFrame(amounts).T.

df = pandas.DataFrame(index=numpy.arange(0, 1), columns=required_indices_of_series)
#This just creates a dataframe with the right columns, but with values I need to modify, which I aim to do below.
print('1', df)
count = 0
for bond in bonds:
    #Some stuff here to get the Series Object `amounts` which is irrelevant.
    print('2', pandas.DataFrame(amounts).T)
    df.loc[count] = pandas.DataFrame(amounts).T
    count += 1

print('1', df) returns:

     1983-05-15      1983-11-15      1984-05-15      1984-11-15
            NaN            NaN             NaN              NaN

print('2', pandas.DataFrame(amounts).T) returns:

     1983-05-15      1983-11-15      1984-05-15      1984-11-15
            1            1             1              101

Answer 1

You are incorrectly trying to assign a DataFrame to a row in another dataframe.

You need to use pandas.DataFrame(amounts).T.loc[<columnName>] on the right side.

Example -

df = pandas.DataFrame(index=numpy.arange(0, 1), columns=required_indices_of_series)
#This just creates a dataframe with the right columns, but with values I need to modify, which I aim to do below.
print('1', df)
count = 0
for bond in bonds:
    #Some stuff here to get the Series Object `amounts` which is irrelevant.
    print('2', pandas.DataFrame(amounts).T)
    df.loc[count] = pandas.DataFrame(amounts).T.loc[<column>]
    count += 1

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Example/Demo -

In [23]: df1.loc[0] = pd.DataFrame(s).T.loc['A']

In [24]: df1
Out[24]:
     0    1
0    1    3
1  NaN  NaN

In [25]: df = pd.DataFrame([[1,2],[3,4]],columns=['A','B'])

In [26]: df
Out[26]:
   A  B
0  1  2
1  3  4

In [27]: df1 = pd.DataFrame(index = np.arange(0,1),columns = s.index)

In [28]: df1
Out[28]:
     0    1
0  NaN  NaN

In [29]: s = df['A']

In [30]: df1.loc[0] = pd.DataFrame(s).T
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-30-24065a81c953> in <module>()
----> 1 df1.loc[0] = pd.DataFrame(s).T

C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\indexing.py in __setitem__(self, key, value)
    113     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
    114         indexer = self._get_setitem_indexer(key)
--> 115         self._setitem_with_indexer(indexer, value)
    116
    117     def _has_valid_type(self, k, axis):

C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\indexing.py in _setitem_with_indexer(self, indexer, value)
    495
    496             elif isinstance(value, ABCDataFrame):
--> 497                 value = self._align_frame(indexer, value)
    498
    499             if isinstance(value, ABCPanel):

C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\indexing.py in _align_frame(self, indexer, df)
    688             return df.reindex(idx, columns=cols).values
    689
--> 690         raise ValueError('Incompatible indexer with DataFrame')
    691
    692     def _align_panel(self, indexer, df):

ValueError: Incompatible indexer with DataFrame

In [31]: df1.loc[0] = pd.DataFrame(s).T.loc['A']

In [32]: df1
Out[32]:
   0  1
0  1  3