There are several methods for eliminating duplicate entries in a pandas dataframe when dealing with complicated criteria. Here are some possible approaches:
Using the drop_duplicates() method with subset and keep parameters: This method allows you to specify the columns to use as the criteria for identifying duplicates, as well as whether to keep the first, last, or none of the duplicates. For example, to drop duplicates based on two columns ('col1' and 'col2') and keep the first occurrence, you can use the following code:
df.drop_duplicates(subset=['col1', 'col2'], keep='first')
Using the groupby() and agg() methods with a custom function: This method allows you to group the dataframe by the columns that define the criteria for identifying duplicates, and then apply a custom function to each group to determine which row(s) to keep. For example, to drop duplicates based on two columns ('col1' and 'col2') and keep the row with the highest value in another column ('col3'), you can use the following code:
df.groupby(['col1', 'col2']).agg(lambda x: x.loc[x['col3'].idxmax()])
Using the duplicated() method with a custom function: This method allows you to define a function that returns True or False for each row, based on whether it should be considered a duplicate or not. You can then use this function as an argument to the duplicated() method to create a Boolean mask indicating which rows are duplicates. For example, to drop duplicates based on two columns ('col1' and 'col2') and a custom condition on another column ('col3' > 0), you can use the following code:
duplicates = df.duplicated(subset=['col1', 'col2'], keep='first') customdups = df.apply(lambda x: (x['col1'], x['col2']) in set(df.loc[(df['col1']==x['col1']) & (df['col2']==x['col2']) & (df['col3']>0), ('col1', 'col2')].values), axis=1) df = df[~(duplicates & customdups)]
Note that these methods may require different levels of complexity depending on the specific criteria for identifying duplicates in your dataframe.
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