Pandas True False Matching - pandas

Question

For this table:
I would like to generate the 'desired_output' column. One way to achieve this maybe:
All the True values from col_1 are transferred straight across to desired_output (red arrow)
In desired_output, place a True value above any existing True value (green arrow)
Code I have tried:
df['desired_output']=df.col_1.apply(lambda x: True if x.shift()==True else False)
Thankyou

Answer 1

You can chain by | for bitwise OR original with shifted values by Series.shift:
d = {"col1":[False,True,True,True,False,True,False,False,True,False,False,False]}
df = pd.DataFrame(d)
df['new'] = df.col1 | df.col1.shift(-1)
print (df)
col1 new
0 False True
1 True True
2 True True
3 True True
4 False True
5 True True
6 False False
7 False True
8 True True
9 False False
10 False False
11 False False

Answer 2

try this
df['desired_output'] = df['col_1']
df.loc[1:, 'desired_output'] = df.col_1[1:].values | df.col_1[:-1].values
print(df)

Answer 3

In case those are saved as string. all_caps (TRUE / FALSE)
Input:
col_1
0 True
1 True
2 False
3 True
4 True
5 False
6 Flase
7 True
8 False
Code:
df['desired']=df['col_1']
for i, e in enumerate(df['col_1']):
if e=='True':
df.at[i-1,'desired']=df.at[i,'col_1']
df = df[:(len(df)-1)]
df
Output:
col_1 desired
0 True True
1 True True
2 False True
3 True True
4 True True
5 False False
6 Flase True
7 True True
8 False False