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Pandas DataFrame: filter() function

DataFrame - filter() function

The filter() function is used to subset rows or columns of dataframe according to labels in the specified index.

Note that this routine does not filter a dataframe on its contents. The filter is applied to the labels of the index.

Syntax:

DataFrame.filter(self, items=None, like=None, regex=None, axis=None)

Parameters:

Name Description Type/Default Value Required / Optional
items                 

Keep labels from axis which are in items.

list-like Required
like  Keep labels from axis for which “like in label == True”. string Required
regex  Keep labels from axis for which re.search(regex, label) == True. string (regular expression) Required
axis  The axis to filter on. By default this is the info axis, ‘index’ for Series, ‘columns’ for DataFrame. int or string axis name Required

Returns: same type as input object

Example:


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