How do I iterate over elements in a pandas dataframe column?

Question

How can I find out each element present in a column of a pandas dataframe? I would like to do something like this:

for item in column:
    print("usercode = " + item)

# OUTPUT:
# usercode = key00
# usercode = key01
# usercode = key02

The dataframe is like this:

     USERCODES    NAMES
0    key00        ab00
1    key01        cd01
2    key02        ef02

Answer 1

And for each value in column use Series.apply :

def f(item):
    print("usercode = " + item)

df['NAMES'].apply(f)
usercode = ab00
usercode = cd01
usercode = ef02

One line:

df['NAMES'].apply(lambda item: print("usercode = " + item))

usercode = ab00
usercode = cd01
usercode = ef02

Simpliest:

for item in df['NAMES']:
    print("usercode = " + item)

usercode = ab00
usercode = cd01
usercode = ef02