pandas.Index.item#

Index.item()[source]#

Return the first element of the underlying data as a Python scalar.

Returns:

scalar

The first element of Series or Index.

Raises:

ValueError

If the data is not length = 1.

Examples

>>>s=pd.Series([1])>>>s.item()1

For an index:

>>>s=pd.Series([1],index=['a'])>>>s.index.item()'a'