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Syntax to select previous row in pandas after filtering

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00:00 Syntax To Select Previous Row In Pandas After Filtering
00:43 Accepted Answer Score 15
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01:18 Answer 3 Score 2
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 15


Shift the mask up by 1.

df[(df['Value'] < 15).shift(-1).fillna(False)]

   Row  Value
1    2     25

More generally, if you're trying to find all rows greater than 15, whose next row is lesser than 15, you can compute two separate masks and AND them:

df[(df['Value'].shift(-1) < 15) & (df['Value'] > 15)]

   Row  Value
1    2     25



ANSWER 2

Score 4


np.flatnonzero

To find where the mask is True then subtract one

df.iloc[np.flatnonzero(df.Value < 15) - 1]

   Row  Value
1    2     25



ANSWER 3

Score 2


Using idxmax

>>> df.iloc[df.Value.le(15).idxmax() - 1]

Row       2
Value    25



ANSWER 4

Score 2


Using nonzero

df.iloc[(df['Value'] < 15).nonzero()[0]-1]
Out[34]: 
   Row  Value
1    2     25