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Sometimes, when working with datasets, you need to combine two or more columns to form a single column. For example, you have a dataset where first name and last name are separated in columns, and now you need a full name column. Listed below are different ways to accomplish this task.

1. +Operators
2. map()
3. df.apply()
4. Series.str.cat()
5. df.agg()

In the following sections, we will use the same DataFrameas follows:

import pandas as pd

data = [["Ali", "Azmat", "30"], ["Sharukh", "Khan", "40"], ["Linus", "Torvalds", "70"]]
df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=["First", "Last", "Age"])
print(df)

Output:

     First      Last Age
0      Ali     Azmat  30
1  Sharukh      Khan  40
2    Linus  Torvalds  70

+Operator Methods

+Use the operator only when you want to combine data of the same data type .

import pandas as pd

data = [["Ali", "Azmat", "30"], ["Sharukh", "Khan", "40"], ["Linus", "Torvalds", "70"]]
df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=["First", "Last", "Age"])
df["Full Name"] = df["First"] + " " + df["Last"]
print(df)

Output:

     First      Last Age       Full Name
0      Ali     Azmat  30       Ali Azmat
1  Sharukh      Khan  40    Sharukh Khan
2    Linus  Torvalds  70  Linus Torvalds

df.map()method

You can also use df.map()the function to combine text from two columns.

import pandas as pd

data = [["Ali", "Azmat", "30"], ["Sharukh", "Khan", "40"], ["Linus", "Torvalds", "70"]]
df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=["First", "Last", "Age"])
df["Full Name"] = df["First"].map(str) + " " + df["Last"]
print(df)

Output:

     First      Last Age       Full Name
0      Ali     Azmat  30       Ali Azmat
1  Sharukh      Khan  40    Sharukh Khan
2    Linus  Torvalds  70  Linus Torvalds

df.apply()method

join()Functions are also used to concatenate strings. We can apply df.apply()this to our using the function DataFrame.df.apply()The function is used to apply another function on a specific axis.

import pandas as pd

data = [["Ali", "Azmat", "30"], ["Sharukh", "Khan", "40"], ["Linus", "Torvalds", "70"]]
df["Full Name"] = df[["First", "Last"]].apply(" ".join, axis=1)
print(df)

Output:

     First      Last Age       Full Name
0      Ali     Azmat  30       Ali Azmat
1  Sharukh      Khan  40    Sharukh Khan
2    Linus  Torvalds  70  Linus Torvalds

Series.str.cat()method

We can also use Series.str.cat()the method to concatenate the strings in Series/ Indexwith a given separator.

import pandas as pd

data = [["Ali", "Azmat", "30"], ["Sharukh", "Khan", "40"], ["Linus", "Torvalds", "70"]]
df["Full Name"] = df["First"].str.cat(df["Last"], sep=" ")
print(df)

Output:

     First      Last Age       Full Name
0      Ali     Azmat  30       Ali Azmat
1  Sharukh      Khan  40    Sharukh Khan
2    Linus  Torvalds  70  Linus Torvalds

df.agg()method

Similar to df.apply(), this method is also used to apply a specific function on the specified axis.

import pandas as pd

data = [["Ali", "Azmat", "30"], ["Sharukh", "Khan", "40"], ["Linus", "Torvalds", "70"]]
df["Full Name"] = df[["First", "Last"]].agg(" ".join, axis=1)
print(df)

Output:

     First      Last Age       Full Name
0      Ali     Azmat  30       Ali Azmat
1  Sharukh      Khan  40    Sharukh Khan
2    Linus  Torvalds  70  Linus Torvalds