dataframe column names to list code example

Example 1: python return column names of pandas dataframe

# Basic syntax:
your_dataframe.columns

# Note, if you want the column names as a list, just do:
list(your_dataframe.columns)

Example 2: pass list of columns names in pandas

>>> import pandas
>>> # create three rows of [0, 1, 2]
>>> df = pandas.DataFrame([range(3), range(3), range(3)])
>>> print df
   0  1  2
0  0  1  2
1  0  1  2
2  0  1  2
>>> my_columns = ["a", "b", "c"]
>>> df.columns = my_columns
>>> print df
   a  b  c
0  0  1  2
1  0  1  2
2  0  1  2