elated method on Index, indicating duplicate Index values. Examples -------- Generate an pandas.Index with duplicate values. >>> idx = pd.Index(['lama', 'cow', 'lama', 'beetle', 'lama', 'hippo']) The `keep` parameter controls which duplicate values are removed. The value 'first' keeps the first occurrence for each set of duplicated entries. The default value of keep is 'first'. >>> idx.drop_duplicates(keep='first') Index(['lama', 'cow', 'beetle', 'hippo'], dtype='object') The value 'last' keeps the last occurrence for each set of duplicated entries. >>> idx.drop_duplicates(keep='last') Index(['cow', 'beetle', 'lama', 'hippo'], dtype='object') The value ``False`` discards all sets of duplicated entries. >>> idx.drop_duplicates(keep=False) Index(['cow', 'beetle', 'hippo'], dtype='object') r[