get the maximum value for each row
Post date: Aug 14, 2014 7:58:41 AM
Just use .max() and specify the axis, axis=1 --> across the columns.
>>> frame['HighScore'] = frame[['test1','test2','test3']].max(axis=1) >>> frame name test1 test2 test3 HighScore 0 bill 85 35 51 85 1 joe 75 45 61 75 2 steve 85 83 45 85from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20033111/python-pandas-max-value-of-selected-columns