Splitting dictionary/list inside a Pandas Column into Separate Columns

Question

I have data saved in a postgreSQL database. I am querying this data using Python2.7 and turning it into a Pandas DataFrame. However, the last column of this dat

Answer 1

Try this: The data returned from SQL has to converted into a Dict. or could it be "Pollutant Levels" is now Pollutants'

   StationID                   Pollutants
0       8809  {"a":"46","b":"3","c":"12"}
1       8810   {"a":"36","b":"5","c":"8"}
2       8811            {"b":"2","c":"7"}
3       8812                   {"c":"11"}
4       8813          {"a":"82","c":"15"}


df2["Pollutants"] = df2["Pollutants"].apply(lambda x : dict(eval(x)) )
df3 = df2["Pollutants"].apply(pd.Series )

    a    b   c
0   46    3  12
1   36    5   8
2  NaN    2   7
3  NaN  NaN  11
4   82  NaN  15


result = pd.concat([df, df3], axis=1).drop('Pollutants', axis=1)
result

   StationID    a    b   c
0       8809   46    3  12
1       8810   36    5   8
2       8811  NaN    2   7
3       8812  NaN  NaN  11
4       8813   82  NaN  15