Set order of columns in pandas dataframe

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Is there a way to reorder columns in pandas dataframe based on my personal preference  i e  not alphabetically or numerically sorted  but more like following certain conventions    Simple example   frame   pd DataFrame            one thing   1 2 3 4            second thing   0 1 0 2 1 2            other thing    a   e   i   o       produces this      one thing other thing  second thing 0          1           a           0 1 1          2           e           0 2 2          3           i           1 0 3          4           o           2 0   But instead  I would like this      one thing second thing  other thing 0          1           0 1           a 1          2           0 2           e 2          3           1 0           i 3          4           2 0           o    Please  provide a generic solution rather than specific to this case  Many thanks

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You could also do something like df   df   x    y    a    b       import pandas as pd frame   pd DataFrame   one thing   1 2 3 4   second thing   0 1 0 2 1 2   other thing    a   e   i   o     frame   frame   second thing    other thing    one thing    print frame    second thing other thing  one thing 0           0 1           a          1 1           0 2           e          2 2           1 0           i          3 3           2 0           o          4   Also  you can get the list of columns with   cols   list df columns values    The output will produce something like this     x    y    a    b     Which is then easy to rearrange manually

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Add the  columns  parameter   frame   pd DataFrame            one thing   1 2 3 4            second thing   0 1 0 2 1 2            other thing    a   e   i   o             columns   one thing    second thing    other thing

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I find this to be the most straightforward and working   df   pd DataFrame            one thing   1 2 3 4            second thing   0 1 0 2 1 2            other thing    a   e   i   o      df   df   one thing   second thing    other thing

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You can use this   columnsTitles     onething    secondthing    otherthing    frame   frame reindex columns columnsTitles

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You can also use OrderedDict   In  183   from collections import OrderedDict  In  184   data   OrderedDict    In  185   data  one thing      1 2 3 4   In  186   data  second thing      0 1 0 2 1 2   In  187   data  other thing       a   e   i   o    In  188   frame   pd DataFrame data   In  189   frame Out 189      one thing  second thing other thing 0          1           0 1           a 1          2           0 2           e 2          3           1 0           i 3          4           2 0           o

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Try indexing  so you want a generic solution not only for this  so index order can be just what you want    l  0 2 1    index order frame frame  frame columns i  for i in l     Now   print frame    Is      one thing second thing  other thing 0          1           0 1           a 1          2           0 2           e 2          3           1 0           i 3          4           2 0           o

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Here is a solution I use very often  When you have a large data set with tons of columns  you definitely do not want to manually rearrange all the columns    What you can and  most likely  want to do is to just order the first a few columns that you frequently use  and let all other columns just be themselves  This is a common approach in R  df   gt  select one  two  three  everything     So you can first manually type the columns that you want to order and to be positioned before all the other columns in a list cols to order    Then you construct a list for new columns by combining the rest of the columns   new columns   cols to order    frame columns drop cols to order  tolist      After this  you can use the new columns as other solutions suggested    import pandas as pd frame   pd DataFrame        one thing    1  2  3  4        other thing     a    e    i    o         more things     a    e    i    o         second thing    0 1  0 2  1  2       cols to order     one thing    second thing   new columns   cols to order    frame columns drop cols to order  tolist    frame   frame new columns      one thing  second thing other thing more things 0          1           0 1           a           a 1          2           0 2           e           e 2          3           1 0           i           i 3          4           2 0           o           o

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Construct it with a list instead of a dictionary  frame   pd DataFrame            1   1   a             2   2   e             3   1   i             4   4   o          columns   one thing    second thing    other thing     frame     one thing  second thing other thing 0          1           0 1           a 1          2           0 2           e 2          3           1 0           i 3          4           4 0           o

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Just select the order yourself by typing in the column names  Note the double brackets   frame   frame   column I want first    column I want second    etc

[python] Set order of columns in pandas dataframe

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