remove rows from a dataframe code example

Example 1: python pandas drop

df = pd.DataFrame(np.arange(12).reshape(3, 4),
...                   columns=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'])
>>> df
   A  B   C   D
0  0  1   2   3
1  4  5   6   7
2  8  9  10  11

Drop columns
>>> df.drop(['B', 'C'], axis=1)
   A   D
0  0   3
1  4   7
2  8  11
>>> df.drop(columns=['B', 'C'])
   A   D
0  0   3
1  4   7
2  8  11

Example 2: delete a row in pandas dataframe

df.drop(df.index[2])

Example 3: how to delete a column from a dataframe in python

del df['column']

Example 4: remove a column from dataframe

del df['column_name'] #to remove a column from dataframe

Example 5: is coumn exist then delete in datafrmae

if 'A' in df.columns:
    del df['A']

Example 6: remove rows from a dataframe that are present in another dataframe?

df.loc[~((df.Product_Num.isin(df2['Product_Num']))&(df.Price.isin(df2['Price']))),:]
Out[246]: 
    Product_Num     Date  Description  Price
0            10   1-1-18  FruitSnacks   2.99
1            10   1-2-18  FruitSnacks   2.99
4            10  1-10-18  FruitSnacks   2.99
5            45   1-1-18       Apples   2.99
6            45   1-3-18       Apples   2.99
7            45   1-5-18       Apples   2.99
11           45  1-15-18       Apples   2.99