pandas.DataFrame.pop#

DataFrame.pop(item)[source] #

Return item and drop from frame. Raise KeyError if not found.

Parameters:

itemlabel

Label of column to be popped.

Returns:

Series

Examples

>>> df = pd.DataFrame([('falcon', 'bird', 389.0),
...  ('parrot', 'bird', 24.0),
...  ('lion', 'mammal', 80.5),
...  ('monkey', 'mammal', np.nan)],
...  columns=('name', 'class', 'max_speed'))
>>> df
 name class max_speed
0 falcon bird 389.0
1 parrot bird 24.0
2 lion mammal 80.5
3 monkey mammal NaN

>>> df.pop('class')
0 bird
1 bird
2 mammal
3 mammal
Name: class, dtype: object

>>> df
 name max_speed
0 falcon 389.0
1 parrot 24.0
2 lion 80.5
3 monkey NaN