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Improve wording of documentation for index_col parameter in read_csv.
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Improve formatting of read_csv documentation.
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13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions doc/source/user_guide/io.rst
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Expand Up @@ -110,11 +110,14 @@ names : array-like, default ``None``
List of column names to use. If file contains no header row, then you should
explicitly pass ``header=None``. Duplicates in this list will cause
a ``UserWarning`` to be issued.
index_col : int or sequence or ``False``, default ``None``
Column to use as the row labels of the ``DataFrame``. If a sequence is given, a
MultiIndex is used. If you have a malformed file with delimiters at the end of
each line, you might consider ``index_col=False`` to force pandas to *not* use
the first column as the index (row names).
index_col : int, str, sequence of int / str, or False, default ``None``
Column(s) to use as the row labels of the ``DataFrame``, either given as
string name or column index. If a sequence of int / str is given, a
MultiIndex is used.

Note: ``index_col=False`` can be used to force pandas to *not* use the first
column as the index, e.g. when you have a malformed file with delimiters at
the end of each line.
usecols : list-like or callable, default ``None``
Return a subset of the columns. If list-like, all elements must either
be positional (i.e. integer indices into the document columns) or strings
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13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions pandas/io/parsers.py
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List of column names to use. If file contains no header row, then you
should explicitly pass ``header=None``. Duplicates in this list will cause
a ``UserWarning`` to be issued.
index_col : int, sequence or bool, optional
Column to use as the row labels of the DataFrame. If a sequence is given, a
MultiIndex is used. If you have a malformed file with delimiters at the end
of each line, you might consider ``index_col=False`` to force pandas to
not use the first column as the index (row names).
index_col : int, str, sequence of int / str, or False, default ``None``
Column(s) to use as the row labels of the ``DataFrame``, either given as
string name or column index. If a sequence of int / str is given, a
MultiIndex is used.

Note: ``index_col=False`` can be used to force pandas to *not* use the first
column as the index, e.g. when you have a malformed file with delimiters at
the end of each line.
usecols : list-like or callable, optional
Return a subset of the columns. If list-like, all elements must either
be positional (i.e. integer indices into the document columns) or strings
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