how to rearrange columns in python code example

Example 1: reorder columns pandas

cols = df.columns.tolist()
# Rearrange the list any way you want
cols = cols[-1:] + cols[:-1]
df = df[cols]

Example 2: pandas reorder columns

# Get column list in ['item1','item2','item3'] format 
df.columns
# [0]output: 
Index(['item1','item2','item3'], dtype='object')

# Copy just the list protion of the output and rearrange the columns 
cols = ['item3','item1','item2']

# Resave dataframe using new column order
df = df[cols]