Pandas split column of lists into multiple columns

Question

I have a pandas DataFrame with one column:

import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame(
    data={
        \"teams\": [
            


        

Answer 1

Here's another solution using df.transform and df.set_index:

>>> (df['teams']
       .transform([lambda x:x[0], lambda x:x[1]])
       .set_axis(['team1','team2'],
                  axis=1,
                  inplace=False)
    )

  team1 team2
0    SF   NYG
1    SF   NYG
2    SF   NYG
3    SF   NYG
4    SF   NYG
5    SF   NYG
6    SF   NYG