Pandas DataFrame info() Method
Example
Return a summary of the DataFrame:
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
df.info()
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Definition and Usage
The info() method prints information about the DataFrame.
The information contains the number of columns, column labels, column data types, memory usage, range index, and the number of cells in each column (non-null values).
Note: the info() method actually prints the info.
You do not use the print() method to print
the info.
Syntax
dataframe.info(verbose,buf,max_cols,memory_usage,show_counts,null_counts)
Parameters
The parameters are keyword arguments.
| Parameter | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| verbose | True|False | Optional. Whether to print all the information or not |
| buf | buffer | Optional. Outputs to buffer instead of to the sys.stdout. Useful when writing to files |
| max_cols | int | Optional. Specifies the number of columns you want information from |
| memory_usage | True|False|string | Optional. Specifies whether to print the memory usage or not, or 'deep' to do a real calclulation of the memory usage (at a high computer resource cost) instead of an estimate based on dtypes and number of rows (lower cost). |
| show_counts | True|False | Optional. Specifies whether to print the non-null counts or not |
Return Value
None. The info() method does not return any value, it prints the information.
