tr, optional If columns are a MultiIndex then use this level to melt. ignore_index : bool, default True If True, original index is ignored. If False, the original index is retained. Index labels will be repeated as necessary. Returns ------- DataFrame Unpivoted DataFrame. See Also -------- %(other)s : Identical method. pivot_table : Create a spreadsheet-style pivot table as a DataFrame. DataFrame.pivot : Return reshaped DataFrame organized by given index / column values. DataFrame.explode : Explode a DataFrame from list-like columns to long format. Notes ----- Reference :ref:`the user guide ` for more examples. Examples -------- >>> df = pd.DataFrame({'A': {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}, ... 'B': {0: 1, 1: 3, 2: 5}, ... 'C': {0: 2, 1: 4, 2: 6}}) >>> df A B C 0 a 1 2 1 b 3 4 2 c 5 6 >>> %(caller)sid_vars=['A'], value_vars=['B']) A variable value 0 a B 1 1 b B 3 2 c B 5 >>> %(caller)sid_vars=['A'], value_vars=['B', 'C']) A variable value 0 a B 1 1 b B 3 2 c B 5 3 a C 2 4 b C 4 5 c C 6 The names of 'variable' and 'value' columns can be customized: >>> %(caller)sid_vars=['A'], value_vars=['B'], ... var_name='myVarname', value_name='myValname') A myVarname myValname 0 a B 1 1 b B 3 2 c B 5 Original index values can be kept around: >>> %(caller)sid_vars=['A'], value_vars=['B', 'C'], ignore_index=False) A variable value 0 a B 1 1 b B 3 2 c B 5 0 a C 2 1 b C 4 2 c C 6 If you have multi-index columns: >>> df.columns = [list('ABC'), list('DEF')] >>> df A B C D E F 0 a 1 2 1 b 3 4 2 c 5 6 >>> %(caller)scol_level=0, id_vars=['A'], value_vars=['B']) A variable value 0 a B 1 1 b B 3 2 c B 5 >>> %(caller)sid_vars=[('A', 'D')], value_vars=[('B', 'E')]) (A, D) variable_0 variable_1 value 0 a B E 1 1 b B E 3 2 c B E 5 Z