-------- >>> df_not_necessarily_pandas = pd.DataFrame({'A': [1, 2], 'B': [3, 4]}) >>> interchange_object = df_not_necessarily_pandas.__dataframe__() >>> interchange_object.column_names() Index(['A', 'B'], dtype='object') >>> df_pandas = (pd.api.interchange.from_dataframe ... (interchange_object.select_columns_by_name(['A']))) >>> df_pandas A 0 1 1 2 These methods (``column_names``, ``select_columns_by_name``) should work for any dataframe library which implements the interchange protocol. r