为了消除任何疑问,我的解决方案是对切片进行深度复制,而不是常规复制。
我收到的警告如下:
/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ipykernel/__main__.py:54:
SettingWithCopyWarning: A value is trying to be set on a copy of a slice from a DataFrame
See the caveats in the documentation:
http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/indexing.html#indexing-view-versus-copy
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以下是我为证实这一怀疑而采取的(简化)步骤,我希望这将有助于我们这些试图理解这一警告的人。
示例1:将列放在原始列上会影响副本
不是
>> data1 = {'A': [111, 112, 113], 'B':[121, 122, 123]}
>> df1 = pd.DataFrame(data1)
>> df1
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
>> df2 = df1
>> df2
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
# Dropping a column on df1 affects df2
>> df1.drop('A', axis=1, inplace=True)
>> df2
B
0 121
1 122
2 123
可以避免对df1所做的更改影响df2
>> data1 = {'A': [111, 112, 113], 'B':[121, 122, 123]}
>> df1 = pd.DataFrame(data1)
>> df1
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
>> import copy
>> df2 = copy.deepcopy(df1)
>> df2
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
# Dropping a column on df1 does not affect df2
>> df1.drop('A', axis=1, inplace=True)
>> df2
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
示例2:在副本上删除列可能会影响原始
这实际上说明了这个警告。
>> data1 = {'A': [111, 112, 113], 'B':[121, 122, 123]}
>> df1 = pd.DataFrame(data1)
>> df1
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
>> df2 = df1
>> df2
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
# Dropping a column on df2 can affect df1
# No slice involved here, but I believe the principle remains the same?
# Let me know if not
>> df2.drop('A', axis=1, inplace=True)
>> df1
B
0 121
1 122
2 123
>> data1 = {'A': [111, 112, 113], 'B':[121, 122, 123]}
>> df1 = pd.DataFrame(data1)
>> df1
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
>> import copy
>> df2 = copy.deepcopy(df1)
>> df2
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
>> df2.drop('A', axis=1, inplace=True)
>> df1
A B
0 111 121
1 112 122
2 113 123
干杯!