Get index value from pandas dataframe

Question

I have a Pandas dataframe (countries) and need to get specific index value. (Say index 2 => I need Japan)

I used iloc, but i got the data (7.542)

return countries.iloc[2]
7.542

Solution

call the index directly

return countries.index[2]

but what you post here looks like a pandas dataframe instead of a series - if that's the case do

countries['Country_Name'].iloc[2]

Comments

[Umar.H]

you sure it's a series and not a dataframe?

[Kaleb Coberly]

Maybe the confusion has to do with the fact that each column in a dataframe is a series. @beshr, are you operating on a column (or columns) in a dataframe, or just handling the dataframe directly?

[questionto42standswithUkraine]

Downvote. Since the edit queue is full: the header is very vague. You want to get the value from a chosen index of a df. One might read the header as if you search for the index value(s) for a given df value.

[Kaleb Coberly]

the second solution didn't work on my dataframe, but the first solution did. The second solution works for accessing a value in a column. If you want the index of the value of a column, you would do countries['Country_Name'].index[2]