dataframe如何转换为数字_将pandas DataFrame中带逗号的数字字符串转换为float

I have a DataFrame that contains numbers as strings with commas for the thousands marker. I need to convert them to floats.

a = [['1,200', '4,200'], ['7,000', '-0.03'], [ '5', '0']]

df=pandas.DataFrame(a)

I am guessing I need to use locale.atof. Indeed

df[0].apply(locale.atof)

works as expected. I get a Series of floats.

But when I apply it to the DataFrame, I get an error.

df.apply(locale.atof)

TypeError: ("cannot convert the series to ", u'occurred at index 0')

and

df[0:1].apply(locale.atof)

gives another error:

ValueError: ('invalid literal for float(): 1,200', u'occurred at index 0')

So, how do I convert this DataFrame of strings to a DataFrame of floats?

解决方案df.read_csv('foo.tsv', sep='\t', thousands=',')

This method is likely to be more efficient than performing the operation as a separate step.

You need to set the locale first:

In [ 9]: import locale

In [10]: from locale import atof

In [11]: locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, '')

Out[11]: 'en_GB.UTF-8'

In [12]: df.applymap(atof)

Out[12]:

0 1

0 1200 4200.00

1 7000 -0.03

2 5 0.00