Getting the column names of a DataFrame

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Skill - Getting the column names of DataFrame

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Pandas is a python library.
DataFrame is a data structure provided by the pandas library.

Please go through Pandas DataFrame Basics to learn the basics of pandas DataFrame.

In this post we will learn how to get the column names of a DataFrame using the columns attribute

import pandas as pd
# create a dataframe
x = {
	"Name": ["Harris", "Miss. Elizabeth"],
	"Age": [22, 58],
	"Sex": ["male", "female"]
	}
df = pd.DataFrame(x)

# print the columns of DataFrame. This will return an index object
print(df.columns)
# Index([u'Age', u'Name', u'Sex'], dtype='object')

# print the list of columns of the DataFrame by passing it through 'list' function
print(list(df.columns))
# ['Age', 'Name', 'Sex']

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