pandas: Remove a column#

import pandas as pd

Loading data into Pandas DataFrame#

The dataset is from Kaggle - Pokemon.

data = pd.read_csv('data/Pokemon.csv')

data

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# Name Type 1 Type 2 Total HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed Generation Legendary
0 1 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 318 45 49 49 65 65 45 1 False
1 2 Ivysaur Grass Poison 405 60 62 63 80 80 60 1 False
2 3 Venusaur Grass Poison 525 80 82 83 100 100 80 1 False
3 3 VenusaurMega Venusaur Grass Poison 625 80 100 123 122 120 80 1 False
4 4 Charmander Fire NaN 309 39 52 43 60 50 65 1 False
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795 719 Diancie Rock Fairy 600 50 100 150 100 150 50 6 True
796 719 DiancieMega Diancie Rock Fairy 700 50 160 110 160 110 110 6 True
797 720 HoopaHoopa Confined Psychic Ghost 600 80 110 60 150 130 70 6 True
798 720 HoopaHoopa Unbound Psychic Dark 680 80 160 60 170 130 80 6 True
799 721 Volcanion Fire Water 600 80 110 120 130 90 70 6 True

800 rows × 13 columns

  • Here, if you do not use the columns parameter, you need to specify the axis (0 for rows and 1 for columns).

# Here, 'Total' column is the sum of HP,Attack,Defense, SP. Atk, SP. Def, Speed.
dropped_data = data.drop('Total', axis=1)
dropped_data.head(3)

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# Name Type 1 Type 2 HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed Generation Legendary
0 1 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 45 49 49 65 65 45 1 False
1 2 Ivysaur Grass Poison 60 62 63 80 80 60 1 False
2 3 Venusaur Grass Poison 80 82 83 100 100 80 1 False

  • Alternatively, you can use the columns parameter to specify the column(s) to drop without needing to specify the axis.

dropped_data = data.drop(columns='Total')
dropped_data.head(3)

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# Name Type 1 Type 2 HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed Generation Legendary
0 1 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 45 49 49 65 65 45 1 False
1 2 Ivysaur Grass Poison 60 62 63 80 80 60 1 False
2 3 Venusaur Grass Poison 80 82 83 100 100 80 1 False

  • inplace=True modifies the original DataFrame without needing to reassign it.

data.drop(columns='Total', inplace=True)
data.head(3)

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# Name Type 1 Type 2 HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed Generation Legendary
0 1 Bulbasaur Grass Poison 45 49 49 65 65 45 1 False
1 2 Ivysaur Grass Poison 60 62 63 80 80 60 1 False
2 3 Venusaur Grass Poison 80 82 83 100 100 80 1 False