Check if a value exists in pandas dataframe index

This should do the trick

'g' in df.index

Multi index works a little different from single index. Here are some methods for multi-indexed dataframe.

df = pd.DataFrame({'col1': ['a', 'b','c', 'd'], 'col2': ['X','X','Y', 'Y'], 'col3': [1, 2, 3, 4]}, columns=['col1', 'col2', 'col3'])
df = df.set_index(['col1', 'col2'])

in df.index works for the first level only when checking single index value.

'a' in df.index     # True
'X' in df.index     # False

Check df.index.levels for other levels.

'a' in df.index.levels[0] # True
'X' in df.index.levels[1] # True

Check in df.index for an index combination tuple.

('a', 'X') in df.index  # True
('a', 'Y') in df.index  # False

Just for reference as it was something I was looking for, you can test for presence within the values or the index by appending the ".values" method, e.g.

g in df.<your selected field>.values
g in df.index.values

I find that adding the ".values" to get a simple list or ndarray out makes exist or "in" checks run more smoothly with the other python tools. Just thought I'd toss that out there for people.

with DataFrame: df_data

>>> df_data
  id   name  value
0  a  ampha      1
1  b   beta      2
2  c     ce      3

I tried:

>>> getattr(df_data, 'value').isin([1]).any()
True
>>> getattr(df_data, 'value').isin(['1']).any()
True

but:

>>> 1 in getattr(df_data, 'value')
True
>>> '1' in getattr(df_data, 'value')
False

So fun :D