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Inplace Attribute In Pandas
Purpose
- True – Performs an operation on the object.
- False – Performs an operation on the copy of the object.
Example
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(5,4),['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'],['W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z'])
print("\nDataFrame before deleting new column\n")
print(df)
df.drop('X', axis=1, inplace=False)
print("\nDataFrame after deleting new column\n")
print(df)
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import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(5,4),['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'],['W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z'])
print("\nDataFrame before deleting new column\n")
print(df)
df.drop('X', axis=1, inplace=True)
print("\nDataFrame after deleting new column\n")
print(df)
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