title: format data using pandas.dataframe
body: <p>I am new to pandas, I need some guidance. I have a dictionary and I wrote the code below to create a dataframe to write to excel sheet.</p>
  <pre><code>dict = { &quot;name&quot;: &quot;xyz&quot;,
           &quot;desciption&quot;:&quot;abc&quot;,
           &quot;paths&quot;: [&quot;a&quot;,&quot;b&quot;,&quot;c&quot;]
         }
  df = pd.DataFrame(dict)
  </code></pre>
  <p>...............................................................</p>
  <p>I have to create a dataframe and write it to excel. My excel should show data in the format:</p>
  <pre><code>name  description  paths
  xyz   abc           a
                      b
                      c
  </code></pre>
  <p>but what i am actually getting is:</p>
  <pre><code>name  description  paths
  xyz   abc           a
  xyz   abc           b
  xyz   abc           c
  </code></pre>