BUG: Series.iget_value with non-unique indexes close #1694

Author: wesm

RELEASE.rst

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pandas 0.8.2
   - Handle factors with NAs in pandas.rpy (#1615)
   - Fix statsmodels import in pandas.stats.var (#1734)
   - Fix DataFrame repr/info summary with non-unique columns (#1700)
+  - Fix Series.iget_value for non-unique indexes (#1694)
 
 pandas 0.8.1
 ============

pandas/core/series.py

@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ def iget_value(self, i):
             if isinstance(label, Index):
                 return self.reindex(label)
             else:
-                return self[label]
+                return lib.get_value_at(self, i)
 
     iget = iget_value
     irow = iget_value

pandas/tests/test_series.py

@@ -499,6 +499,10 @@ def test_iget(self):
         expected = s.reindex(s.index[[0, 2, 3, 4, 5]])
         assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
+    def test_iget_nonunique(self):
+        s = Series([0, 1, 2], index=[0, 1, 0])
+        self.assertEqual(s.iget(2), 2)
+
     def test_getitem_regression(self):
         s = Series(range(5), index=range(5))
         result = s[range(5)]