Answers for "how to create an empty dataframe with columns"

pandas create empty dataframe

# Basic syntax:
import pandas as pd
empty_dataframe = pd.DataFrame()

# Create empty dataframe with column names
empty_dataframe = pd.DataFrame(columns=['your', 'column', 'names'])

# Create empty dataframe with row names
empty_dataframe = pd.DataFrame(index=['your', 'row', 'names'])

empty dataframe

newDF = pd.DataFrame() #creates a new dataframe that's empty
newDF = newDF.append(oldDF, ignore_index = True) # ignoring index is optional
# try printing some data from newDF
print newDF.head() #again optional

add empty column to dataframe pandas

>>> import numpy as np
>>> import pandas as pd
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1,2,3], "B": [2,3,4]})
>>> df
   A  B
0  1  2
1  2  3
2  3  4
>>> df["C"] = ""
>>> df["D"] = np.nan
>>> df
   A  B C   D
0  1  2   NaN
1  2  3   NaN
2  3  4   NaN