Pandas Series: pop() function

Get item and drop from frame

The pop() function is used to get item and drop from frame. Raise KeyError if not found.

Syntax:

Series.pop(self, item)

Parameters:

Returns: Series.

Example :

Python-Pandas Code:

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame([('eagle', 'bird', 320.0),
                   ('emu', 'bird', 48.0),
                   ('tiger', 'mammal', 120.5),
                   ('wolf','mammal', np.nan)],
                  columns=('name', 'class', 'max_speed'))
df

Output:

   name	  class	 max_speed
0	eagle	bird	320.0
1	emu	    bird	48.0
2	tiger	mammal	120.5
3	wolf	mammal	NaN

Python-Pandas Code:

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame([('eagle', 'bird', 320.0),
                   ('emu', 'bird', 48.0),
                   ('tiger', 'mammal', 120.5),
                   ('wolf','mammal', np.nan)],
                  columns=('name', 'class', 'max_speed'))
df.pop('class')

Output:

0      bird
1      bird
2    mammal
3    mammal
Name: class, dtype: object

Python-Pandas Code:

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame([('eagle', 'bird', 320.0),
                   ('emu', 'bird', 48.0),
                   ('tiger', 'mammal', 120.5),
                   ('wolf','mammal', np.nan)],
                  columns=('name', 'class', 'max_speed'))
df.pop('class')				  
df

Output:

   name	max_speed
0	 eagle	320.0
1	 emu	48.0
2	 tiger	120.5
3	 wolf	NaN

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