pandas.Series.drop_duplicates

Series.drop_duplicates(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Return Series with duplicate values removed

Parameters:

keep : {‘first’, ‘last’, False}, default ‘first’

  • first : Drop duplicates except for the first occurrence.
  • last : Drop duplicates except for the last occurrence.
  • False : Drop all duplicates.

take_last : deprecated

inplace : boolean, default False

If True, performs operation inplace and returns None.

Returns:

deduplicated : Series