BUG: df.plot fails when given x,y args as positions (original) (raw)

Code Sample, a copy-pastable example if possible

from pandas import DataFrame

df = DataFrame({"A": [1, 2], 'B': [3, 4]}) df.plot(x=0, y=1)

Problem description

IndexError: index 1 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 1

I came across this when writing test cases for my PR #20000 - looks like it happens due to calling set_index on the data rather than on a copy. I can potentially fix it there or open a separate PR.