pandas.Index.slice_indexer

Index.slice_indexer(self, start=None, end=None, step=None, kind=None) [source]

For an ordered or unique index, compute the slice indexer for input labels and step.

Parameters:	start : label, default None If None, defaults to the beginning end : label, default None If None, defaults to the end step : int, default None kind : string, default None
Returns:	indexer : slice
Raises:	KeyError : If key does not exist, or key is not unique and index is not ordered.

Notes

This function assumes that the data is sorted, so use at your own peril

Examples

This is a method on all index types. For example you can do:

>>> idx = pd.Index(list('abcd'))
>>> idx.slice_indexer(start='b', end='c')
slice(1, 3)

>>> idx = pd.MultiIndex.from_arrays([list('abcd'), list('efgh')])
>>> idx.slice_indexer(start='b', end=('c', 'g'))
slice(1, 3)