pandas.DataFrame.pop — pandas 3.0.0rc0+34.g04a554c9f1 documentation (original) (raw)

DataFrame.pop(item)[source]#

Return item and drop it from DataFrame. Raise KeyError if not found.

Parameters:

itemlabel

Label of column to be popped.

Returns:

Series

Series representing the item that is dropped.

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