drop pandas in place versus copy code example

Example 1: drop a column in pandas

note: df is your dataframe

df = df.drop('coloum_name',axis=1)

Example 2: pandas how to delete a row

>>> df
   A  B   C   D
0  0  1   2   3
1  4  5   6   7
2  8  9  10  11

Drop a row by index

    df.drop([0, 1])
       A  B   C   D
    2  8  9  10  11

Drop columns

    df.drop(columns=['B', 'C'])
       A   D
    0  0   3
    1  4   7
    2  8  11