patito.Model.drop

classmethod Model.drop(name)

Return a new model where one or more fields are excluded.

Parameters:

name (Union[str, Iterable[str]]) – A single string field name, or a list of such field names, which will be dropped.

Return type:

Type[Model]

Returns:

New model class where the given fields have been removed.

Examples

>>> class MyModel(Model):
...     a: int
...     b: int
...     c: int
...

>>> MyModel.columns
['a', 'b', 'c']

>>> MyModel.drop("c").columns
['a', 'b']

>>> MyModel.drop(["b", "c"]).columns
['a']