Python Pandas Create Datatframe Using Dictionary (Example)

Creating a pandas dataframe with dictionary data.

A dictionary containing lists as values can directly passed into pd.Dataframe method to create a new dataframe using the passed data. The keys in the dictionary will be used as the column headers and values in the list will be used as row values.

# importing pandas
import pandas as pd


# animal_data dictionary
animal_data = {
    "Name": ["Cat", "Dog", "Cow"],
    "Speed": [15, 12, 10],
    "Sound": ["Meow", "Woof", "Mooo"],
}

#creating a dataframe using the animal_data dictionary
animal_df = pd.DataFrame(animal_data)

#printing animal_df
print("animal_df \n", animal_df)

animal_df Name Speed Sound 0 Cat 15 Meow 1 Dog 12 Woof 2 Cow 10 Mooo