How to Filter Pandas DataFrame Using Boolean Columns

You can use the following methods to filter the rows of a pandas DataFrame based on the values in Boolean columns:

Method 1: Filter DataFrame Based on One Boolean Column

#filter for rows where value in 'my_column' is True
df.loc[df.my_column]

Method 2: Filter DataFrame Based on Multiple Boolean Columns

#filter for rows where value in 'column1' or 'column2' is True
df.loc[df.column1 | df.column2]

The following examples show how to use each method in practice with the following pandas DataFrame:

import pandas as pd

#create DataFrame
df = pd.DataFrame({'team': ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G'],
                   'points': [18,20, 25, 40, 34, 32, 19],
                   'all_star': [True, False, True, True, True, False, False],
                   'starter': [False, True, True, True, False, False, False]})

#view DataFrame
print(df)

  team  points  all_star  starter
0    A      18      True    False
1    B      20     False     True
2    C      25      True     True
3    D      40      True     True
4    E      34      True    False
5    F      32     False    False
6    G      19     False    False

Example 1: Filter DataFrame Based on One Boolean Column

We can use the following syntax to filter the pandas DataFrame to only contain rows where the value in the all_star column is True:

#filter for rows where 'all_star' is True
df.loc[df.all_star]

	team	points	all_star  starter
0	A	18	True	  False
2	C	25	True	  True
3	D	40	True	  True
4	E	34	True	  False

Notice that the DataFrame has been filtered to only contain rows where the value in the all_star column is True.

If you would instead like to filter for rows where all_star is False, simply type a tilde (~) in front of the column name:

#filter for rows where 'all_star' is False
df.loc[~df.all_star]

        team	points	all_star  starter
1	B	20	False	  True
5	F	32	False	  False
6	G	19	False	  False

Now the DataFrame has been filtered to only contain rows where the value in the all_star column is False.

Example 2: Filter DataFrame Based on Multiple Boolean Columns

We can use the following syntax to filter the pandas DataFrame to only contain rows where the value in the all_star column or the starter column is True:

#filter for rows where 'all_star' or 'starter' is True
df.loc[df.all_star | df.starter]

        team	points	all_star  starter
0	A	18	True	  False
1	B	20	False	  True
2	C	25	True	  True
3	D	40	True	  True
4	E	34	True	  False

Notice that the DataFrame has been filtered to only contain rows where the value in the all_star or starter column is True.

If you would like to filter for rows where the value in both the all_star and starter column is True, you can use the & operator instead of the | operator:

#filter for rows where 'all_star' and 'starter' is True
df.loc[df.all_star & df.starter]

	team	points	all_star	starter
2	C	25	True	True
3	D	40	True	True

Now that the DataFrame has been filtered to only contain rows where the value in the all_star and starter column is True.