python - Add/fill pandas column based on range in rows from another dataframe

Question

Working with pandas, I have df1 indexed by time samples:

data = '''
time       flags    input                  
8228835.0  53153.0  32768.0
8228837.0  53153.0  32768.0
8228839.0  53153.0  32768.0
8228841.0  53153.0  32768.0
8228843.0  61345.0  32768.0'''

fileobj = pd.compat.StringIO(data)
df1 = pd.read_csv(fileobj, sep='s+', index_col='time')

df2 indicates time ranges with start and end to define ranges where the state of 'check' is True:

data = '''
        check     start       end
20536   True   8228837   8228993
20576   True   8232747   8232869
20554   True   8230621   8230761
20520   True   8227351   8227507
20480   True   8223549   8223669
20471   True   8221391   8221553'''

fileobj = pd.compat.StringIO(data)
df2 = pd.read_csv(fileobj, sep='s+')

What I need to do is add a column for 'check' to df1 and fill out the actual time ranges defined in df2 with the value of True. All others should be False. An example result would be:

             flags    input    check
time                       
8228835.0  53153.0  32768.0    False
8228837.0  53153.0  32768.0    True
8228839.0  53153.0  32768.0    True
8228841.0  53153.0  32768.0    True
8228843.0  61345.0  32768.0    True
....
8228994.0. 12424.0. 32768.0.   False

Answer 1

You can make a list or ranges, and then use pd.Index.isin with itertools.chain:

from itertools import chain

df2 = df2[df2['check']]

ranges = map(range, df2['start'], df2['end'])

df1['check'] = df1.index.isin(chain.from_iterable(ranges))

print(df1)

             flags    input  check
time                              
8228835.0  53153.0  32768.0  False
8228837.0  53153.0  32768.0   True
8228839.0  53153.0  32768.0   True
8228841.0  53153.0  32768.0   True
8228843.0  61345.0  32768.0   True