ENH: Add ignore_index to Series.drop_duplicates · Issue #48304 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

Feature Type

• Adding new functionality to pandas
• Changing existing functionality in pandas
• Removing existing functionality in pandas

Problem Description

Appears in 1.0, DataFrame.drop_duplicates gained ignore_index: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.DataFrame.drop_duplicates.html#pandas.DataFrame.drop_duplicates

Motivating issue: #30114
xref: #31725

For API consistency, Series.drop_duplicates should have an ignore_index argument too to perform a reset_index(drop=False)

Feature Description

Probably similar to #30405

Alternative Solutions

Users can just call reset_index(drop=True).

Additional Context

No response