pandas.MultiIndex.from_tuples

classmethod MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, sortorder=None, names=None)[source]

Convert list of tuples to MultiIndex

Parameters:	tuples : list / sequence of tuple-likes Each tuple is the index of one row/column. sortorder : int or None Level of sortedness (must be lexicographically sorted by that level)
Returns:	index : MultiIndex

See also

MultiIndex.from_arrays

Convert list of arrays to MultiIndex

MultiIndex.from_product

Make a MultiIndex from cartesian product of iterables

Examples

>>> tuples = [(1, u'red'), (1, u'blue'),
              (2, u'red'), (2, u'blue')]
>>> MultiIndex.from_tuples(tuples, names=('number', 'color'))