Pandas Connection Merge Function merge of Detailed Explanation

1. Use of the merge function

The merge () function in pandas is similar to the usage of join in SQL, which can merge different data sets according to certain fields (attributes) to get a new data set.

2. Specific parameters of the merge () function

Usage:

DataFrame1.merge(DataFrame2, how= ' inner', on=None, left_on=None, right_on=None, left_index=False, right_index=False, sort=False, suffixes=('_x',  ' _y'))

Parameter description

参数	说明
how	默认为inner，可设为inner/outer/left/right
on	根据某个字段进行连接，必须存在于两个DateFrame中（若未同时存在，则需要分别使用left_on和right_on来设置）
left_on	左连接，以DataFrame1中用作连接键的列
right_on	右连接，以DataFrame2中用作连接键的列
left_index	将DataFrame1行索引用作连接键
right_index	将DataFrame2行索引用作连接键
sort	根据连接键对合并后的数据进行排列，默认为True
suffixes	对两个数据集中出现的重复列，新数据集中加上后缀_x,_y进行区别

3. Examples of merge usage

Create two data boxes

# Use a dictionary dict Create a data box 
dataDf1=pd.DataFrame({'lkey':['foo','bar','baz','foo'],
      'value':[1,2,3,4]})
dataDf2=pd.DataFrame({'rkey':['foo','bar','qux','bar'],
      'value':[5,6,7,8]})
print(dataDf1)
print(dataDf2)
>>>
 lkey value
0 foo  1
1 bar  2
2 baz  3
3 foo  4

 rkey value
0 foo  5
1 bar  6
2 qux  7
3 bar  8

Internal connection (Inner)

#inner Link 
dataLfDf=dataDf1.merge(dataDf2, left_on='lkey',right_on='rkey')
>>>
 lkey value_x rkey value_y
0 foo  1 foo  5
1 foo  4 foo  5
2 bar  2 bar  6
3 bar  2 bar  8

Right link (Right)

#Right Link 
dataDf1.merge(dataDf2, left_on='lkey', right_on='rkey',how='right')
>>>
 lkey value_x rkey value_y
0 foo  1.0 foo  5
1 foo  4.0 foo  5
2 bar  2.0 bar  6
3 bar  2.0 bar  8
4 NaN  NaN qux  7

Full link (Outer)

#Outer Link 
dataDf1.merge(dataDf2, left_on='lkey', right_on='rkey', how='outer')
>>>
 lkey value_x rkey value_y
0 foo  1.0 foo  5.0
1 foo  4.0 foo  5.0
2 bar  2.0 bar  6.0
3 bar  2.0 bar  8.0
4 baz  3.0 NaN  NaN
5 NaN  NaN qux  7.0