python remove rows from dataframe code example

Example 1: drop a column from dataframe

#To delete the column without having to reassign df
df.drop('column_name', axis=1, inplace=True)

Example 2: df.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

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

OR

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

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

del df['column']