split one column into multiple columns in pandas dataframe code example

Example 1: pandas split column into multiple columns by delimiter

df[['A', 'B']] = df['AB'].str.split(' ', 1, expand=True)

Example 2: split coumn of df into multiple dynamic columns

d = [pd.DataFrame(df[col].tolist()).add_prefix(col) for col in df.columns]
df = pd.concat(d, axis=1)

   id0  id1   id2  value0  value1  value2
0   10   10   NaN   apple  orange    None
1   15   67   NaN  banana  orange    None
2   12   34  45.0   apple  banana  orange