df.columns select code example

Example 1: python - subset specific columns name in a dataframe

columns = ['b', 'c']
df1 = pd.DataFrame(df, columns=columns)

Example 2: how to pick out separate columns from the pandas dataframe object

df1 = df.iloc[:, 0:2] # If you want to do it by index. Remember that Python does not slice inclusive of the ending index.
df1 = df[['a', 'b']] ## if you want to do it b nae