pandas.DataFrame.drop¶
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DataFrame.
drop
(labels=None, axis=0, index=None, columns=None, level=None, inplace=False, errors='raise')[source]¶ Drop specified labels from rows or columns.
Remove rows or columns by specifying label names and corresponding axis, or by specifying directly index or column names. When using a multi-index, labels on different levels can be removed by specifying the level.
Parameters: labels : single label or list-like
Index or column labels to drop.
axis : {0 or ‘index’, 1 or ‘columns’}, default 0
Whether to drop labels from the index (0 or ‘index’) or columns (1 or ‘columns’).
index, columns : single label or list-like
Alternative to specifying axis (
labels, axis=1
is equivalent tocolumns=labels
).New in version 0.21.0.
level : int or level name, optional
For MultiIndex, level from which the labels will be removed.
inplace : bool, default False
If True, do operation inplace and return None.
errors : {‘ignore’, ‘raise’}, default ‘raise’
If ‘ignore’, suppress error and only existing labels are dropped.
Returns: - dropped : pandas.DataFrame
Raises: KeyError
If none of the labels are found in the selected axis
See also
DataFrame.loc
- Label-location based indexer for selection by label.
DataFrame.dropna
- Return DataFrame with labels on given axis omitted where (all or any) data are missing
DataFrame.drop_duplicates
- Return DataFrame with duplicate rows removed, optionally only considering certain columns
Series.drop
- Return Series with specified index labels removed.
Examples
>>> df = pd.DataFrame(np.arange(12).reshape(3,4), ... columns=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']) >>> df A B C D 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 5 6 7 2 8 9 10 11
Drop columns
>>> df.drop(['B', 'C'], axis=1) A D 0 0 3 1 4 7 2 8 11
>>> df.drop(columns=['B', 'C']) A D 0 0 3 1 4 7 2 8 11
Drop a row by index
>>> df.drop([0, 1]) A B C D 2 8 9 10 11
Drop columns and/or rows of MultiIndex DataFrame
>>> midx = pd.MultiIndex(levels=[['lama', 'cow', 'falcon'], ... ['speed', 'weight', 'length']], ... labels=[[0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2], ... [0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2]]) >>> df = pd.DataFrame(index=midx, columns=['big', 'small'], ... data=[[45, 30], [200, 100], [1.5, 1], [30, 20], ... [250, 150], [1.5, 0.8], [320, 250], ... [1, 0.8], [0.3,0.2]]) >>> df big small lama speed 45.0 30.0 weight 200.0 100.0 length 1.5 1.0 cow speed 30.0 20.0 weight 250.0 150.0 length 1.5 0.8 falcon speed 320.0 250.0 weight 1.0 0.8 length 0.3 0.2
>>> df.drop(index='cow', columns='small') big lama speed 45.0 weight 200.0 length 1.5 falcon speed 320.0 weight 1.0 length 0.3
>>> df.drop(index='length', level=1) big small lama speed 45.0 30.0 weight 200.0 100.0 cow speed 30.0 20.0 weight 250.0 150.0 falcon speed 320.0 250.0 weight 1.0 0.8