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DataFrame-dropna() function
The dropna() function is used to remove missing values.
Syntax:
DataFrame.dropna(self, axis=0, how='any', thresh=None, subset=None, inplace=False)
Parameters:
| Name | Description | Type/Default Value | Required / Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| axis | Determine if rows or columns which contain missing values are removed.
| {0 or ‘index’, 1 or ‘columns’} Default Value: 0 | Required |
| how | Determine if row or column is removed from DataFrame, when we have at least one NA or all NA.
| {‘any’, ‘all’} Default Value: ‘any’ | Required |
| thresh | Require that many non-NA values. | int | Optional |
| subset | Labels along other axis to consider, e.g. if you are dropping rows these would be a list of columns to include. | array-like | Optional |
| inplace | If True, do operation inplace and return None. | bool Default Value: False | Required |
Returns: DataFrame
DataFrame with NA entries dropped from it.
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