drop value from dataframe python code example

Example 1: how to drop columns in pandas

>>>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

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

OR

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

Example 2: remove a column from dataframe

del df['column_name'] #to remove a column from dataframe

Example 3: pandas dataframe remove rows by column value

df = df[df.line_race != 0]