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BUG: If both index and axis are passed to DataFrame.drop, raise a clear error #61855

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if both index and axis are passed to drop() it will raise a better er…
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removed index check from the raise condition, axis==1 will suffice
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test name and test df change in test_drop.py
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Merge branch 'main' into improve_error_message_drop
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions pandas/core/generic.py
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Expand Up @@ -4569,6 +4569,8 @@ def drop(
axis_name = self._get_axis_name(axis)
axes = {axis_name: labels}
elif index is not None or columns is not None:
if axis == 1:
raise ValueError("Cannot specify both 'axis' and 'index'/'columns'")
axes = {"index": index}
if self.ndim == 2:
axes["columns"] = columns
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_drop.py
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Expand Up @@ -346,6 +346,17 @@ def test_drop_multiindex_other_level_nan(self):
)
tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)

def test_drop_raise_with_both_axis_and_index(self):
df = DataFrame(
[[1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5], [5, 6, 7]],
index=["a", "b", "c"],
columns=["d", "e", "f"],
)

msg = "Cannot specify both 'axis' and 'index'/'columns'"
with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
df.drop(index="b", axis=1)

def test_drop_nonunique(self):
df = DataFrame(
[
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