How do I convert Pandas object to a list in python3 [duplicate]

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Basically I need to convert a column I got a from a csv using pandas and put it into a list. It's currently a pandas object and I tried doing list(pandaObject) but that doesn't work. Does anybody have any ideas?

df = pandas.read_csv(csv_file)
years=df[['1987']]  #Gets a a column

###Now I need something to convert years to a list###

amanb · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-05 05:41:45Z

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years = df[['1987']] returns a dataframe with only that column. Instead, you should first get a Series out of the column and then convert to a list:

years = df['1987'] #return a Series
years_list = years.tolist() #coverts Series to list

answered Jun 5, 2019 at 5:41

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Janine White Over a year ago

This can be done in one step. years_list = df['1987'].tolist()

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