fix if/else

pandas/core/reshape/pivot.py

@@ -368,16 +368,13 @@ def _convert_by(by):
 @Appender(_shared_docs['pivot'], indents=1)
 def pivot(data, index=None, columns=None, values=None):
     if values is None:
-        if index is None:
-            # Build cols for indexes.
-            cols = [columns]
+        cols = []
+        # Make acceptable for multiple column indexes.
+        if is_list_like(index):
+            cols.extend(index)
         else:
-            # Accept multiple column indexes.
-            if is_list_like(index):
-                cols = index
-            else:
-                cols = [index]
-            cols.append(columns)
+            cols.append(index)
+        cols.append(columns)
         append = index is None
         indexed = data.set_index(cols, append=append)
 

pandas/tests/reshape/test_pivot.py

@@ -321,11 +321,11 @@ def test_pivot_multiple_columns_as_index(self, method):
             result = df.pivot(index=['lev1', 'lev2'],
                               columns='lev3')
             exp_columns = MultiIndex(levels=[['values'], [1, 2]],
-                                       codes=[[0, 0], [0, 1]],
-                                       names=[None, 'lev3'])
+                                     codes=[[0, 0], [0, 1]],
+                                     names=[None, 'lev3'])
 
         expected = DataFrame(data=data, index=exp_index,
-                                 columns=exp_columns)
+                             columns=exp_columns)
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('method', [True, False])