Python | Pandas Series.drop()
Last Updated :
15 Feb, 2019
Pandas series is a One-dimensional ndarray with axis labels. The labels need not be unique but must be a hashable type. The object supports both integer- and label-based indexing and provides a host of methods for performing operations involving the index.
Pandas Series.drop()
function return Series with specified index labels removed. It remove elements of a Series based on specifying the index labels.
Syntax: Series.drop(labels=None, axis=0, index=None, columns=None, level=None, inplace=False, errors=’raise’)
Parameter :
labels : Index labels to drop.
axis : Redundant for application on Series.
index, columns : Redundant for application on Series, but index can be used instead of labels.
level : For MultiIndex, level for which the labels will be removed.
inplace : If True, do operation inplace and return None.
errors : If ‘ignore’, suppress error and only existing labels are dropped.
Returns : dropped : pandas.Series
Example #1: Use Series.drop()
function to drop the values corresponding to the passed index labels in the given series object.
import pandas as pd
sr = pd.Series([ 80 , 25 , 3 , 25 , 24 , 6 ])
index_ = [ 'Coca Cola' , 'Sprite' , 'Coke' , 'Fanta' , 'Dew' , 'ThumbsUp' ]
sr.index = index_
print (sr)
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Output :
Now we will use Series.drop()
function to drop the values corresponding to the passed index labels in the given series object.
result = sr.drop(labels = [ 'Sprite' , 'Dew' ])
print (result)
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Output :
As we can see in the output, the Series.drop()
function has successfully dropped the entries corresponding to the passed index labels.
Example #2 : Use Series.drop()
function to drop the values corresponding to the passed index labels in the given series object.
import pandas as pd
sr = pd.Series([ 11 , 11 , 8 , 18 , 65 , 18 , 32 , 10 , 5 , 32 , 32 ])
index_ = pd.date_range( '2010-10-09' , periods = 11 , freq = 'M' )
sr.index = index_
print (sr)
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Output :
Now we will use Series.drop()
function to drop the values corresponding to the passed index labels in the given series object.
result = sr.drop(labels = [pd.Timestamp( '2010-12-31' ),
pd.Timestamp( '2011-04-30' ), pd.Timestamp( '2011-08-31' )])
print (result)
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Output :
As we can see in the output, the Series.drop()
function has successfully dropped the entries corresponding to the passed index labels.
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