Let's assume I have a dataframe df:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.rand(12,4))
print(df)
0 1 2 3
0 71 64 84 20
1 48 60 83 61
2 48 78 71 46
3 65 88 66 77
4 71 22 42 58
5 66 76 64 80
6 67 28 74 87
7 32 90 55 78
8 80 42 52 14
9 54 76 73 17
10 32 89 42 36
11 85 78 61 12
How do I shuffle the rows of df three-by-three, i.e., how do I randomly shuffle the first three rows (0, 1, 2) with either the second (3, 4, 5), third (6, 7, 8) or fourth (9, 10, 11) group? This could be a possible outcome:
print(df)
0 1 2 3
3 65 88 66 77
4 71 22 42 58
5 66 76 64 80
9 54 76 73 17
10 32 89 42 36
11 85 78 61 12
6 67 28 74 87
7 32 90 55 78
8 80 42 52 14
0 71 64 84 20
1 48 60 83 61
2 48 78 71 46
Thus, the new order has the second group of 3 rows from original dataframe, then the last one, then the third one and finally the first group.