pandas column sum of all other columns code example

Example 1: how to add the sum of multiple columns into another column in a dataframe

print(df)
   Apples  Bananas  Grapes  Kiwis
0     2.0      3.0     NaN    1.0
1     1.0      3.0     7.0    NaN
2     NaN      NaN     2.0    3.0

df['Fruit Total']=df.iloc[:,-4:].sum(axis=1)

print(df)
   Apples  Bananas  Grapes  Kiwis  Fruit Total
0     2.0      3.0     NaN    1.0          6.0
1     1.0      3.0     7.0    NaN         11.0
2     NaN      NaN     2.0    3.0          5.0

Example 2: python column = sum of list of columns

list_of_my_columns = ['Col A', 'Col E', 'Col Z']
df['Sum'] = df[list_of_my_columns].sum(axis=1)