Pandas DataFrame join() Method

Example

Add the content of one DataFrame to another:

import pandas as pd

data1 = {
"name": ["Sally", "Mary", "John"],
"age": [50, 40, 30]
}

data2 = {
"qualified": [True, False, False]
}

df1 = pd.DataFrame(data1)
df2 = pd.DataFrame(data2)

newdf = df1.join(df2)

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Definition and Usage

The join() method inserts column(s) from another DataFrame, or Series.

Syntax

dataframe.join(other, on, how, lsuffix, rsuffix, sort)

Parameters

The join, on, how, lsuffix , rsuffix, sort parameters are keyword arguments.

Parameter	Value	Description
other		Required. A DataFrame, a Series or a list of DataFrames.
on	String List	Optional. Specifies in what level to do the joining
how	`'left' 'right' 'outer' 'inner'`	Optional. Default 'left'. Specifies which index to use
lsuffix	Sring	Optional. Default '', Specifies a string to add for overlapping columns
rsuffix	Sring	Optional. Default '', Specifies a string to add for overlapping columns
sort	`True False`	Optional. Default False. Specifies whether to sort the DataFrame by the join key or not