Cannot index by location index with a non-integer key

Question

I am very new to python.my code is below -

reading_range = "0:54, 2:34" #this is my variable 
data.iloc[reading_range]  #this line is giving error ,because the value is coming as '0:54, 2:34'

but I want something like

data.iloc[0:54, 2:34]

Thanks in advance

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– one, Commented Aug 29, 2019 at 11:09

willeM_ Van Onsem · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-29 09:32:19Z

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The colon and comma are syntactical sugar, for a tuple and slice(..) objects. You can generate something equivalent like:

reading_range = slice(0,54), slice(2,34)
data.iloc[reading_range]

answered Aug 29, 2019 at 9:32

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one · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-29 09:35:06Z

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index = reading_range.split(',')
eval('data.iloc[{}, {}]'.format(index[0], index[1]))

answered Aug 29, 2019 at 9:35

one

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