How to drop a DataFrame column with Pandas using Python
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You might end up needing to remove some columns.
This often happens when you want to save/share your DataFrame.
Here is the code
The first method using pandas DataFrame.drop() method
# To work with dataframes
import pandas as pd
# We create a sample dataframe
df = pd.DataFrame({"col1" : range(10),
"col2" : range(10)})
# first method to drop a column
df = df.drop(columns=["col2"])
# We print our dataframe
print(df)The second method using a subset
# To work with dataframes
import pandas as pd
# We create a sample dataframe
df = pd.DataFrame({"col1" : range(10),
"col2" : range(10)})
# second method to drop a column
df = df[["col1"]]
# We print our dataframe
print(df)Here you are! You know now how to drop a DataFrame column with Pandas using Python.
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