pandas.MultiIndex.from_tuples#

classmethod MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, sortorder=None, names=None)[source]#

Convert list of tuples to MultiIndex.

Parameters:

tupleslist / sequence of tuple-likes: Each tuple is the index of one row/column.
sortorderint or None: Level of sortedness (must be lexicographically sorted by that level).
nameslist / sequence of str, optional: Names for the levels in the index.

Returns:

MultiIndex

See also

MultiIndex.from_arrays: Convert list of arrays to MultiIndex.
MultiIndex.from_product: Make a MultiIndex from cartesian product of iterables.
MultiIndex.from_frame: Make a MultiIndex from a DataFrame.

Examples

>>> tuples = [(1, "red"), (1, "blue"), (2, "red"), (2, "blue")]
>>> pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, names=("number", "color"))
MultiIndex([(1,  'red'),
            (1, 'blue'),
            (2,  'red'),
            (2, 'blue')],
           names=['number', 'color'])