Pandas Series: idxmax() function
Get the row label of the maximum value in Pandas series
The idxmax() function is used to get the row label of the maximum value.
If multiple values equal the maximum, the first row label with that value is returned.
Syntax:
Series.idxmax(self, axis=0, skipna=True, *args, **kwargs)
Parameters:
Name | Description | Type/Default Value | Required / Optional |
---|---|---|---|
skipna | Exclude NA/null values. If the entire Series is NA, the result will be NA. | bool Default Value: True |
Required |
axis | For compatibility with DataFrame.idxmax. Redundant for application on Series. | bool Default Value: 0 |
Required |
*args, **kwargs | Additional keywords have no effect but might be accepted for compatibility with NumPy. | Required |
Returns: Index
Label of the maximum value.
Raises: ValueError
If the Series is empty.
Notes: This method is the Series version of ndarray.argmax. This method returns the label of the maximum, while ndarray.argmax returns the position. To get the position, use series.values.argmax().
Example:
Python-Pandas Code:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
s = pd.Series(data=[2, None, 5, 4, 5],
index=['P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T'])
s
Output:
P 2.0 Q NaN R 5.0 S 4.0 T 5.0 dtype: float64
Python-Pandas Code:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
s = pd.Series(data=[2, None, 5, 4, 5],
index=['P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T'])
s.idxmax()
Output:
'R'
Example - If skipna is False and there is an NA value in the data, the function returns nan:
Python-Pandas Code:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
s = pd.Series(data=[2, None, 5, 4, 5],
index=['P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T'])
s.idxmax(skipna=False)
Output:
nan
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