polars.DataFrame.get_column

DataFrame.get_column(
    name: str,
    *,
    default: Any | NoDefault = <no_default>,
) → Series | Any

Get a single column by name.

Parameters:

name

String name of the column to retrieve.

default

Value to return if the column does not exist; if not explicitly set and the column is not present a ColumnNotFoundError exception is raised.

Returns:

Series (or arbitrary default value, if specified).

See also

to_series

Examples

>>> df = pl.DataFrame({"foo": [1, 2, 3], "bar": [4, 5, 6]})
>>> df.get_column("foo")
shape: (3,)
Series: 'foo' [i64]
[
    1
    2
    3
]

Missing column handling; can optionally provide an arbitrary default value to the method (otherwise a ColumnNotFoundError exception is raised).

>>> df.get_column("baz", default=pl.Series("baz", ["?", "?", "?"]))
shape: (3,)
Series: 'baz' [str]
[
    "?"
    "?"
    "?"
]
>>> res = df.get_column("baz", default=None)
>>> res is None
True