pandas.Index.difference#

final Index.difference(other, sort=None)[source]#

Return a new Index with elements of index not in other.

This is the set difference of two Index objects.

Parameters

otherIndex or array-like

sortFalse or None, default None

Whether to sort the resulting index. By default, the values are attempted to be sorted, but any TypeError from incomparable elements is caught by pandas.

None : Attempt to sort the result, but catch any TypeErrors from comparing incomparable elements.
False : Do not sort the result.

Returns

differenceIndex

Examples

>>> idx1 = pd.Index([2, 1, 3, 4])
>>> idx2 = pd.Index([3, 4, 5, 6])
>>> idx1.difference(idx2)
Int64Index([1, 2], dtype='int64')
>>> idx1.difference(idx2, sort=False)
Int64Index([2, 1], dtype='int64')