`columns` to form axes of the resulting DataFrame. This function does not support data aggregation, multiple values will result in a MultiIndex in the columns. See the :ref:`User Guide ` for more on reshaping. Parameters ----------%s columns : str or object or a list of str Column to use to make new frame's columns. index : str or object or a list of str, optional Column to use to make new frame's index. If not given, uses existing index. values : str, object or a list of the previous, optional Column(s) to use for populating new frame's values. If not specified, all remaining columns will be used and the result will have hierarchically indexed columns. Returns ------- DataFrame Returns reshaped DataFrame. Raises ------ ValueError: When there are any `index`, `columns` combinations with multiple values. `DataFrame.pivot_table` when you need to aggregate. See Also -------- DataFrame.pivot_table : Generalization of pivot that can handle duplicate values for one index/column pair. DataFrame.unstack : Pivot based on the index values instead of a column. wide_to_long : Wide panel to long format. Less flexible but more user-friendly than melt. Notes ----- For finer-tuned control, see hierarchical indexing documentation along with the related stack/unstack methods. Reference :ref:`the user guide ` for more examples. Examples -------- >>> df = pd.DataFrame({'foo': ['one', 'one', 'one', 'two', 'two', ... 'two'], ... 'bar': ['A', 'B', 'C', 'A', 'B', 'C'], ... 'baz': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], ... 'zoo': ['x', 'y', 'z', 'q', 'w', 't']}) >>> df foo bar baz zoo 0 one A 1 x 1 one B 2 y 2 one C 3 z 3 two A 4 q 4 two B 5 w 5 two C 6 t >>> df.pivot(index='foo', columns='bar', values='baz') bar A B C foo one 1 2 3 two 4 5 6 >>> df.pivot(index='foo', columns='bar')['baz'] bar A B C foo one 1 2 3 two 4 5 6 >>> df.pivot(index='foo', columns='bar', values=['baz', 'zoo']) baz zoo bar A B C A B C foo one 1 2 3 x y z two 4 5 6 q w t You could also assign a list of column names or a list of index names. >>> df = pd.DataFrame({ ... "lev1": [1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2], ... "lev2": [1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2], ... "lev3": [1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2], ... "lev4": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], ... "values": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}) >>> df lev1 lev2 lev3 lev4 values 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 2 1 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 >>> df.pivot(index="lev1", columns=["lev2", "lev3"], values="values") lev2 1 2 lev3 1 2 1 2 lev1 1 0.0 1.0 2.0 NaN 2 4.0 3.0 NaN 5.0 >>> df.pivot(index=["lev1", "lev2"], columns=["lev3"], values="values") lev3 1 2 lev1 lev2 1 1 0.0 1.0 2 2.0 NaN 2 1 4.0 3.0 2 NaN 5.0 A ValueError is raised if there are any duplicates. >>> df = pd.DataFrame({"foo": ['one', 'one', 'two', 'two'], ... "bar": ['A', 'A', 'B', 'C'], ... "baz": [1, 2, 3, 4]}) >>> df foo bar baz 0 one A 1 1 one A 2 2 two B 3 3 two C 4 Notice that the first two rows are the same for our `index` and `columns` arguments. >>> df.pivot(index='foo', columns='bar', values='baz') Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Index contains duplicate entries, cannot reshape Ú