Get column index from column name in python pandas
Sure, you can use .get_loc():
In [45]: df = DataFrame({"pear": [1,2,3], "apple": [2,3,4], "orange": [3,4,5]})In [46]: df.columnsOut[46]: Index([apple, orange, pear], dtype=object)In [47]: df.columns.get_loc("pear")Out[47]: 2although to be honest I don't often need this myself. Usually access by name does what I want it to (df["pear"], df[["apple", "orange"]], or maybe df.columns.isin(["orange", "pear"])), although I can definitely see cases where you'd want the index number.