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Idxmax Function In Pandas

Purpose

Example

import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [4, 5, 2, 6], "B": [11, 2, 5, 8], "C": [1, 8, 66, 4]})

print(df.idxmax())

1. In the first row, 6 is the maximum number and its index is 3.
2. In the second row, 11 is the maximum number and its index is 0.
3. In the third row, 66 is the maximum number and its index is 2.

Output