pandas.DataFrame.pop

DataFrame.pop(item)

Return item and drop from frame. Raise KeyError if not found.

Parameters:

item : str

Column label to be popped

Returns:

popped : Series

Examples

>>> df = pd.DataFrame([('falcon', 'bird',    389.0),
...                    ('parrot', 'bird',     24.0),
...                    ('lion',   'mammal',   80.5),
...                    ('monkey', 'mammal', np.nan)],
...                   columns=('name', 'class', 'max_speed'))
>>> df
     name   class  max_speed
0  falcon    bird      389.0
1  parrot    bird       24.0
2    lion  mammal       80.5
3  monkey  mammal        NaN

>>> df.pop('class')
0      bird
1      bird
2    mammal
3    mammal
Name: class, dtype: object

>>> df
     name  max_speed
0  falcon      389.0
1  parrot       24.0
2    lion       80.5
3  monkey        NaN