Add item to pandas.Series?

Question

I want to add an integer to my pandas.Series
Here is my code:

import pandas as pd
input = pd.Series([1,2,3,4,5])
input.append(6)

When i run this, i get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#9>", line 1, in <module>
    f.append(6)
  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\series.py", line 2047, in append
    verify_integrity=verify_integrity)
  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pandas\tools\merge.py", line 878, in concat
    verify_integrity=verify_integrity)
  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pandas\tools\merge.py", line 954, in __init__
    self.new_axes = self._get_new_axes()
  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pandas\tools\merge.py", line 1146, in _get_new_axes
    concat_axis = self._get_concat_axis()
  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pandas\tools\merge.py", line 1163, in _get_concat_axis
    indexes = [x.index for x in self.objs]
  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pandas\tools\merge.py", line 1163, in <listcomp>
    indexes = [x.index for x in self.objs]
AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'index'

How can I fix that?

Answer 1

Convert appended item to Series:

>>> ds = pd.Series([1,2,3,4,5]) 
>>> ds.append(pd.Series([6]))
0    1
1    2
2    3
3    4
4    5
0    6
dtype: int64

or use DataFrame:

>>> df = pd.DataFrame(ds)
>>> df.append([6], ignore_index=True)
   0
0  1
1  2
2  3
3  4
4  5
5  6

and last option if your index is without gaps,

>>> ds.set_value(max(ds.index) + 1,  6)
0    1
1    2
2    3
3    4
4    5
5    6
dtype: int64

And you can use numpy as a last resort:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> pd.Series(np.concatenate((ds.values, [6])))

Update

In most recent versions, pandas.Series.append method has been deprecated, a decision that sparked some controversy. Consequently this answer is no longer valid, as well as the question. Consider using pandas.concat as a partial substitute.