pandas.Series.filter¶
- Series.filter(items=None, like=None, regex=None, axis=None)[source]¶
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.
Parameters: items : list-like
List of info axis to restrict to (must not all be present)
like : string
Keep info axis where “arg in col == True”
regex : string (regular expression)
Keep info axis with re.search(regex, col) == True
axis : int or string axis name
The axis to filter on. By default this is the info axis, ‘index’ for Series, ‘columns’ for DataFrame
Returns: same type as input object
See also
Notes
The items, like, and regex parameters are enforced to be mutually exclusive.
axis defaults to the info axis that is used when indexing with [].
Examples
>>> df one two three mouse 1 2 3 rabbit 4 5 6
>>> # select columns by name >>> df.filter(items=['one', 'three']) one three mouse 1 3 rabbit 4 6
>>> # select columns by regular expression >>> df.filter(regex='e$', axis=1) one three mouse 1 3 rabbit 4 6
>>> # select rows containing 'bbi' >>> df.filter(like='bbi', axis=0) one two three rabbit 4 5 6