how to move a column in pandas dataframe
# remove column 'colname' using pop() function
move_column = df.pop('colname')
# insert column using insert(position,column_name, move_column) function
df.insert(0, 'NewName', move_column)how to move a column in pandas dataframe
# remove column 'colname' using pop() function
move_column = df.pop('colname')
# insert column using insert(position,column_name, move_column) function
df.insert(0, 'NewName', move_column)how to move a column in pandas dataframe
df = df.reindex(columns=column_names)pandas reorder columns
# setting up a dummy dataframe
raw_data = {'name': ['Willard Morris', 'Al Jennings', 'Omar Mullins', 'Spencer McDaniel'],
'age': [20, 19, 22, 21],
'favorite_color': ['blue', 'red', 'yellow', "green"],
'grade': [88, 92, 95, 70]}
df = pd.DataFrame(raw_data, index = ['Willard Morris', 'Al Jennings', 'Omar Mullins', 'Spencer McDaniel'])
df
#now 'age' will appear at the end of our df
df = df[['favorite_color','grade','name','age']]
df.head()python more order of columns
In [7]: cols = df.columns.tolist()
In [8]: cols
Out[8]: [0L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 'mean']
In [12]: cols = cols[-1:] + cols[:-1]
In [13]: cols
Out[13]: ['mean', 0L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L]
In [14]: df = df[cols]pandas reorder columns
# Get column list in ['item1','item2','item3'] format
df.columns
# [0]output:
Index(['item1','item2','item3'], dtype='object')
# Copy just the list portion of the output and rearrange the columns
cols = ['item3','item1','item2']
# Resave dataframe using new column order
df = df[cols]Copyright © 2021 Codeinu
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