pandas.set_option#

pandas.set_option(*args)[source]#

Set the value of the specified option or options.

Parameters:

*argsstr | object: Arguments provided in pairs, which will be interpreted as (pattern, value) pairs. pattern: str Regexp which should match a single option value: object New value of option

Warning

Partial pattern matches are supported for convenience, but unless you use the full option name (e.g. x.y.z.option_name), your code may break in future versions if new options with similar names are introduced.

Returns:

None: No return value.

Raises:

ValueError if odd numbers of non-keyword arguments are provided
TypeError if keyword arguments are provided
OptionError if no such option exists

See also

get_option: Retrieve the value of the specified option.
reset_option: Reset one or more options to their default value.
describe_option: Print the description for one or more registered options.
option_context: Context manager to temporarily set options in a with statement.

Notes

For all available options, please view the User Guide or use pandas.describe_option().

Examples

>>> pd.set_option("display.max_columns", 4)
>>> df = pd.DataFrame([[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]])
>>> df
0  1  ...  3   4
0  1  2  ...  4   5
1  6  7  ...  9  10
[2 rows x 5 columns]
>>> pd.reset_option("display.max_columns")