get index of column name pandas code example
Example 1: get column number in dataframe pandas
dataframe.columns.get_loc("<col_name>")
Example 2: find index of pandas column
In [45]: df = DataFrame({"pear": [1,2,3], "apple": [2,3,4], "orange": [3,4,5]})
In [46]: df.columns
Out[46]: Index([apple, orange, pear], dtype=object)
In [47]: df.columns.get_loc("pear")
Out[47]: 2
Example 3: dataframe get index name
In [7]: df.index.name
Out[7]: 'Index Title'
In [8]: df.index.name = 'foo'
In [9]: df.index.name
Out[9]: 'foo'
In [10]: df
Out[10]:
Column 1
foo
Apples 1
Oranges 2
Puppies 3
Ducks 4