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converting list of header and row lists into pandas DataFrame

I am reading contents of a spreadsheet into pandas. DataNitro has a method that returns a rectangular selection of cells as a list of lists. So

table = Cell("A1").table

gives

table = [['Heading1', 'Heading2'], [1 , 2], [3, 4]]

headers = table.pop(0) # gives the headers as list and leaves data

I am busy writing code to translate this, but my guess is that it is such a simple use that there must be method to do this. Cant seem to find it in documentation. Any pointers to the method that would simplify this?

Solution

  • Call the pd.DataFrame constructor directly:

    df = pd.DataFrame(table, columns=headers)
df

   Heading1  Heading2
0         1         2
1         3         4