python create a dataframe with column names code example

Example 1: initialize pandas dataframe with column names

column_names = ["a", "b", "c"]
df = pd.DataFrame(columns = column_names)

Example 2: create dataframe with column names pandas

In [4]: import pandas as pd
In [5]: df = pd.DataFrame(columns=['A','B','C','D','E','F','G'])
In [6]: df
Out[6]:
Empty DataFrame
Columns: [A, B, C, D, E, F, G]
Index: []