Pandas DataFrame: select_dtypes() function
DataFrame - select_dtypes() function
The select_dtypes function is used to get a subset of the DataFrame’s columns based on the column dtypes.
Syntax:
DataFrame.select_dtypes(self, include=None, exclude=None)
Parameters:
| Name | Description | Type/Default Value | Required / Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| include, exclude | A selection of dtypes or strings to be included/excluded. At least one of these parameters must be supplied. | scalar or list-like | Required |
Returns: DataFrame
The subset of the frame including the dtypes in include and excluding the dtypes in exclude.
- If both of include and exclude are empty
- If include and exclude have overlapping elements
- If any kind of string dtype is passed in.
Example:
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