Columns and Slices in Python
From the Pandas cheat sheet · Select Rows and Columns · verified Aug 2026
Columns and Slices
Select one or multiple columns and row slices.
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names = df["name"]
subset = df[["name", "score"]]📌 One column returns a Series
🔍 A column list returns a DataFrame
💡 select_dtypes avoids hard-coded column lists
⚠️ Plain slices apply to rows, not columns
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