Select all columns, except one given column in a Pandas DataFrame
In Pandas DataFrame Data structure are the heart of Pandas library. Dataframes are basically two dimension Series object. They have rows and columns with rows representing the index and columns representing the content. Now, let’s see how to Select all columns, except one given column in Pandas Dataframe.
First, Let’s create a Dataframe:
# import pandas library import pandas as pd # create a Dataframe data = pd.DataFrame({ 'course_name' : [ 'Data Structures' , 'Python' , 'Machine Learning' ], 'student_name' : [ 'A' , 'B' , 'C' ], 'student_city' : [ 'Chennai' , 'Pune' , 'Delhi' ], 'student_gender' : [ 'M' , 'F' , 'M' ] }) # show the Dataframe data |
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Method 1: Using Dataframe.loc[ ].
This Dataframe is just a two dimension array with numerical index. Therefore, to except only one column we could use the columns methods to get all columns and use a not operator to exclude the columns which are not needed. This method works only when the Dataframe is not multi indexed (did not have more than one index).
Example: Select all columns, except one ‘student_gender’ column in Pandas Dataframe.
# import pandas library import pandas as pd # create a Dataframe data = pd.DataFrame({ 'course_name' : [ 'Data Structures' , 'Python' , 'Machine Learning' ], 'student_name' : [ 'A' , 'B' , 'C' ], 'student_city' : [ 'Chennai' , 'Pune' , 'Delhi' ], 'student_gender' : [ 'M' , 'F' , 'M' ] }) df = data.loc[ : , data.columns ! = 'student_gender' ] # show the dataframe df |
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Method 2: Using drop() method.
Dataframe supports drop() method to drop a particular column. It accepts two arguments, column/row name and axis
Example: Select all columns, except one ‘student_city’ column in Pandas Dataframe.
# import pandas library import pandas as pd # create a Dataframe data = pd.DataFrame({ 'course_name' : [ 'Data Structures' , 'Python' , 'Machine Learning' ], 'student_name' : [ 'A' , 'B' , 'C' ], 'student_city' : [ 'Chennai' , 'Pune' , 'Delhi' ], 'student_gender' : [ 'M' , 'F' , 'M' ] }) # drop method df = data.drop( 'student_city' , axis = 1 ) # show the dataframe df |
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Method 3: Using Series.difference() method and [ ] operator together.
Series.difference() Method returns a new Index with elements from the index that are not in other.
Example: Select all columns, except one ‘student_name’ column in Pandas Dataframe.
# import pandas library import pandas as pd # create a Dataframe data = pd.DataFrame({ 'course_name' : [ 'Data Structures' , 'Python' , 'Machine Learning' ], 'student_name' : [ 'A' , 'B' , 'C' ], 'student_city' : [ 'Chennai' , 'Pune' , 'Delhi' ], 'student_gender' : [ 'M' , 'F' , 'M' ] }) df = data[data.columns.difference([ 'student_name' ])] # show the dataframe df |
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Last Updated on October 15, 2021 by admin