Answers for "extract columns with a specific names in pandas"

python extract specific columns from pandas dataframe

# Basic syntax:
new_dataframe = dataframe.filter(['col_name_1', 'col_name_2'])
# Where the new_dataframe will only have the column names specified

# Note, use df.filter(['names', ... ], axis=0] to select rows

python pandas return column name of a specific column

# Basic syntax:
list(df.columns)[column_number]
# This returns the column name of the column of interest