move columns in pandas dataframe code example

Example 1: how to change the column order in pandas dataframe

df = df.reindex(columns=column_names)

Example 2: how to move columns in a dataframen in python

df = df[['column1', 'column2','column3']]

Example 3: pandas move columns around

df = df[['a', 'y', 'b', 'x']]