get_option() & set_option() to read and update display option values of a DataFrame

We can read display option values and update to different values by using get_option() and set_option()

`get_option()`	Get the value of the input option.
`set_option()`	Set the value for the input option

We will discuss some frequently used options here. You can get a list of available options by using describe_option()

max_rows

While displaying rows of data from the Pandas DataFrame, there is a display setting to manage maximum number of rows to return ( display ). Default value is 60.

import pandas as pd
print(pd.get_option("display.max_rows")) # 60

Using set_option() we will change this value to 6.
After setting this value, we will check by using get_option()

pd.set_option("display.max_rows",6)
print(pd.get_option("display.max_rows")) # 6

Let us read our student excel file ( you can download and use ) having 35 rows of data and display the rows after using set_option()

import pandas as pd 
my_data = pd.read_excel('D:\student.xlsx',index_col='id')
pd.set_option("display.max_rows",6)
print(pd.get_option("display.max_rows")) # 6
print(my_data)

Output

6
          name class1  mark     sex
id                                 
1     John Deo   Four    75  female
2     Max Ruin  Three    85    male
3       Arnold  Three    55    male
..         ...    ...   ...     ...
33   Kenn Rein    Six    96  female
34    Gain Toe  Seven    69    male
35  Rows Noump    Six    88  female

[35 rows x 4 columns]

max_columns

We will read the value of max_columns and then set the value to 3

print(pd.get_option("display.max_columns")) # 20
pd.set_option("display.max_columns",3)
print(my_data)

Output

20
          name  ...     sex
id              ...        
1     John Deo  ...  female
2     Max Ruin  ...    male
3       Arnold  ...    male
..         ...  ...     ...
33   Kenn Rein  ...  female
34    Gain Toe  ...    male
35  Rows Noump  ...  female

[35 rows x 4 columns]

Like this there are several options available and we can update the values of these function. A list of such options with detail description is available by using describe_option()
All display option functions of DataFrame

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