dask.dataframe.DataFrame.pop

dask.dataframe.DataFrame.pop

DataFrame.pop(item)[source]

Return item and drop from frame. Raise KeyError if not found.

This docstring was copied from pandas.core.frame.DataFrame.pop.

Some inconsistencies with the Dask version may exist.

Parameters
itemlabel

Label of column to be popped.

Returns
Series

Examples

>>> df = pd.DataFrame([('falcon', 'bird', 389.0),  
...                    ('parrot', 'bird', 24.0),
...                    ('lion', 'mammal', 80.5),
...                    ('monkey', 'mammal', np.nan)],
...                   columns=('name', 'class', 'max_speed'))
>>> df  
     name   class  max_speed
0  falcon    bird      389.0
1  parrot    bird       24.0
2    lion  mammal       80.5
3  monkey  mammal        NaN
>>> df.pop('class')  
0      bird
1      bird
2    mammal
3    mammal
Name: class, dtype: object
>>> df  
     name  max_speed
0  falcon      389.0
1  parrot       24.0
2    lion       80.5
3  monkey        NaN