Get the row(s) which have the max value in groups using groupby

Question

How do I find all rows in a pandas DataFrame which have the max value for count column, after grouping by ['Sp','Mt'] columns?

Example 1: the following DataFrame:

   Sp   Mt Value   count
0  MM1  S1   a     **3**
1  MM1  S1   n       2
2  MM1  S3   cb    **5**
3  MM2  S3   mk    **8**
4  MM2  S4   bg    **10**
5  MM2  S4   dgd     1
6  MM4  S2   rd      2
7  MM4  S2   cb      2
8  MM4  S2   uyi   **7**

Expected output is to get the result rows whose count is max in each group, like this:

   Sp   Mt   Value  count
0  MM1  S1   a      **3**
2  MM1  S3   cb     **5**
3  MM2  S3   mk     **8**
4  MM2  S4   bg     **10** 
8  MM4  S2   uyi    **7**

Example 2:

   Sp   Mt   Value  count
4  MM2  S4   bg     10
5  MM2  S4   dgd    1
6  MM4  S2   rd     2
7  MM4  S2   cb     8
8  MM4  S2   uyi    8

Expected output:

   Sp   Mt   Value  count
4  MM2  S4   bg     10
7  MM4  S2   cb     8
8  MM4  S2   uyi    8

Answer 1

Firstly, we can get the max count for each group like this:

In [1]: df
Out[1]:
    Sp  Mt Value  count
0  MM1  S1     a      3
1  MM1  S1     n      2
2  MM1  S3    cb      5
3  MM2  S3    mk      8
4  MM2  S4    bg     10
5  MM2  S4   dgd      1
6  MM4  S2    rd      2
7  MM4  S2    cb      2
8  MM4  S2   uyi      7

In [2]: df.groupby(['Sp', 'Mt'])['count'].max()
Out[2]:
Sp   Mt
MM1  S1     3
     S3     5
MM2  S3     8
     S4    10
MM4  S2     7
Name: count, dtype: int64

To get the indices of the original DF you can do:

In [3]: idx = df.groupby(['Sp', 'Mt'])['count'].transform(max) == df['count']

In [4]: df[idx]
Out[4]:
    Sp  Mt Value  count
0  MM1  S1     a      3
2  MM1  S3    cb      5
3  MM2  S3    mk      8
4  MM2  S4    bg     10
8  MM4  S2   uyi      7

Note that if you have multiple max values per group, all will be returned.

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Update

On a Hail Mary chance that this is what the OP is requesting:

In [5]: df['count_max'] = df.groupby(['Sp', 'Mt'])['count'].transform(max)

In [6]: df
Out[6]:
    Sp  Mt Value  count  count_max
0  MM1  S1     a      3          3
1  MM1  S1     n      2          3
2  MM1  S3    cb      5          5
3  MM2  S3    mk      8          8
4  MM2  S4    bg     10         10
5  MM2  S4   dgd      1         10
6  MM4  S2    rd      2          7
7  MM4  S2    cb      2          7
8  MM4  S2   uyi      7          7