Python | Pandas Dataframe.iat[ ]

Python is a great language for doing data analysis, primarily because of the fantastic ecosystem of data-centric Python packages. Pandas is one of those packages and makes importing and analyzing data much easier.

Pandas iat[] method is used to return data in a dataframe at the passed location. The passed location is in the format [position in the row, position in the column]. This method works similarly to Pandas iloc[] but iat[] is used to return only a single value and hence works faster than it.

Syntax: Dataframe.iat[row, column]
Parameters: 
position: Position of element in column 
label: Position of element in row
Return type: Single element at passed position 
 

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In the following examples, the data frame used contains data of some NBA players. The image of data frame before any operations is attached below.

Example #1: 
In this example, A dataframe is created by passing URL of csv to Pandas .read_csv() method. After that 3 is passed as column position and 7 as the position in row and value at that position is returned using .iat[ ] method. 

# importing pandas module  
import pandas as pd 

# reading csv file from url  
data = pd.read_csv("https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/nba.csv") 

# creating column and row variables
column = 7
row = 3
    
# calling .iat[] method
output = data.iat[row, column]

# display
print(output)

# df display
data.head()

Output: 
As shown in the output image, the output can be compared and it can be seen that the Value of the 3rd element in the 7th column was returned. 

Note:  

• Unlike, .iloc[ ], This method only returns single value. Hence, dataframe.at[3:6, 4:2] will return an error
• Since this method only works for single values, it is faster than .iloc[] method