drop variable pandas code example

Example 1: python pandas drop

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

Example 2: drop column dataframe

df.drop(columns=['Unnamed: 0'])

Example 3: remove columns from a dataframe python

df = df.drop(df.columns[[0, 1, 3]], axis=1)  # df.columns is zero-based pd.Index

Example 4: drop variable pandas

# pandas drop a column with drop function
gapminder_ocean.drop(['pop'], axis=1)