pandas read_csv remove first row code example

Example 1: pandas delete first row

df = df.iloc[3:]

Example 2: drop first column read_csv

# Read column names from file
cols = list(pd.read_csv("sample_data.csv", nrows =1))
print(cols)

# Use list comprehension to remove the unwanted column in **usecol**
df= pd.read_csv("sample_data.csv", usecols =[i for i in cols if i != 'name'])