add column beginning of dataframe code example

Example 1: pandas insert column in the beginning

insert_index = 0
insert_colname = 'new column'
insert_values = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] # this can be a numpy array too
df.insert(loc=insert_index, column=insert_colname, value=insert_values)

Example 2: add column to start of dataframe pandas

df.insert(loc, column, value)