Pandas: Widen output display to see more columns

Last update on May 01 2025 12:54:43 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

30. Widen Output Display

Write a Pandas program to widen output display to see more columns.

Sample data:
Original DataFrame
col1 col2 col3
0 1 4 7
1 4 5 8
2 3 6 9
3 4 7 0
4 5 8 1

Sample Solution :

Python Code :

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
d = {'col1': [1, 4, 3, 4, 5], 'col2': [4, 5, 6, 7, 8], 'col3': [7, 8, 9, 0, 1]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data=d)
pd.set_option('display.max_rows', 500)
pd.set_option('display.max_columns', 500)
pd.set_option('display.width', 1000)
print("Original DataFrame")
print(df)

Sample Output:

   Original DataFrame
   col1  col2  col3
0     1     4     7
1     4     5     8
2     3     6     9
3     4     7     0
4     5     8     1

Explanation:

The above code first creates a Pandas DataFrame df with columns col1, col2, and col3 using a dictionary 'd'.

Then the code sets some display options for Pandas dataframes 'df'.

pd.set_option('display.max_rows', 500) sets the maximum number of rows that Pandas will display to 500.
pd.set_option('display.max_columns', 500) sets the maximum number of columns that Pandas will display to 500.
pd.set_option('display.width', 1000) sets the maximum width of the display to 1000 characters.

Finally print() function prints the dataframe ‘df’.

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

Write a Pandas program to change the display options to show a maximum of 100 columns and then print the DataFrame.
Write a Pandas program to widen the output display to include all columns and then restore the default settings.
Write a Pandas program to modify the display width setting to reveal truncated DataFrame columns.
Write a Pandas program to adjust the max column width option so that all data in a DataFrame is fully visible in the output.

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