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Python | Pandas Index.tolist()

Python is a great language for doing data analysis, primarily because of the fantastic ecosystem of data-centric python packages. Pandas is one of those packages and makes importing and analyzing data much easier.

Pandas Index.tolist() function return a list of the values. These are each a scalar type, which is a Python scalar (for str, int, float) or a pandas scalar (for Timestamp/Timedelta/Interval/Period).

Syntax: Index.tolist()

Parameters : None

Returns : list

Example #1: Use Index.tolist() function to convert the index into a list.




# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd
  
# Creating the index
idx = pd.Index(['Harry', 'Mike', 'Arther', 'Nick'],
                                  name ='Student')
  
# Print the Index
print(idx)


Output :

Let’s convert the index into a List.




# convert the index into a list
idx.tolist()


Output :

 
Example #2: Use Index.tolist() function to convert the index into a python list.




# importing pandas as pd
import pandas as pd
  
# Creating the index
idx = pd.Index(['2000-01-02', '2000-02-05', '2000-05-11',
                            '2001-02-11', '2005-11-12'])
  
# Print the Index
print(idx)


Output :

Let’s convert the index into a List.




# convert the index into a list
idx.tolist()


Output :

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