
Retrieve from a Python Pandas series by position, rather than the index, with iloc:
s = pd.Series([10, 20, 30], index=list('abc'))
s.loc['a'] # 10
s.loc[['a', 'b']] # series of a:10, b:20
s.iloc[0] # 10
s.iloc[[0, 1]] # series of a:10, b:20
