@@ -68,6 +68,33 @@ class MultiIndex(Index):
6868 Copy the meta-data
6969 verify_integrity : boolean, default True
7070 Check that the levels/labels are consistent and valid
71+
72+ Examples
73+ ---------
74+ A new ``MultiIndex`` is typically constructed using one of the helper
75+ methods :meth:`MultiIndex.from_arrays``, :meth:`MultiIndex.from_product``
76+ and :meth:`MultiIndex.from_tuples``. For example (using ``.from_arrays``):
77+
78+ >>> arrays = [[1, 1, 2, 2], ['red', 'blue', 'red', 'blue']]
79+ >>> MultiIndex.from_arrays(arrays, names=('number', 'color'))
80+ MultiIndex(levels=[[1, 2], ['blue', 'red']],
81+ labels=[[0, 0, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 0]],
82+ names=['number', 'color'])
83+
84+ See further examples for how to construct a MultiIndex in the doc strings
85+ of the mentioned helper methods.
86+
87+ Notes
88+ -----
89+ See the `user guide
90+ <http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/advanced.html>`_ for more.
91+
92+ See Also
93+ --------
94+ MultiIndex.from_arrays : Convert list of arrays to MultiIndex
95+ MultiIndex.from_product : Create a MultiIndex from the cartesian product
96+ of iterables
97+ MultiIndex.from_tuples : Convert list of tuples to a MultiIndex
7198 """
7299
73100 # initialize to zero-length tuples to make everything work
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