iterate over pandas dataframe using itertuples

Question

I am iterating over a pandas dataframe using itertuples. I also want to capture the row number while iterating:

for row in df.itertuples():
    print row[\'name\         


        

Answer 1

For column names that aren't valid Python names, use:

for row in df.itertuples(index=False):
    print(row[df.columns.get_loc('My nasty - column / name')])

If you don't specify index=False, the column before the one named will be read.