You could also do something like this:
df = df[['mean', '0', '1', '2', '3']]
You can get the list of columns with:
cols = list(df.columns.values)
The output will produce:
['0', '1', '2', '3', 'mean']
# Want to change column3 to show up first
df = pd.Dataframe({
"column1":(1,2,3),
"column2":(4,5,6),
"column3":(7,8,9)
}
# From all solutions I could find, this seems to be the best performance wise:
col = df.pop(col_name)
df.insert(0, col.name, col)# <- works in place and returns None (at least for me)