. In other words, if there is a gap with more than this number of consecutive NaNs, it will only be partially filled. If method is not specified, this is the maximum number of entries along the entire axis where NaNs will be filled. Must be greater than 0 if not None. .. deprecated:: 2.1 fill_axis : {axes_single_arg}, default 0 Filling axis, method and limit. .. deprecated:: 2.1 broadcast_axis : {axes_single_arg}, default None Broadcast values along this axis, if aligning two objects of different dimensions. .. deprecated:: 2.1 Returns ------- tuple of ({klass}, type of other) Aligned objects. Examples -------- >>> df = pd.DataFrame( ... [[1, 2, 3, 4], [6, 7, 8, 9]], columns=["D", "B", "E", "A"], index=[1, 2] ... ) >>> other = pd.DataFrame( ... [[10, 20, 30, 40], [60, 70, 80, 90], [600, 700, 800, 900]], ... columns=["A", "B", "C", "D"], ... index=[2, 3, 4], ... ) >>> df D B E A 1 1 2 3 4 2 6 7 8 9 >>> other A B C D 2 10 20 30 40 3 60 70 80 90 4 600 700 800 900 Align on columns: >>> left, right = df.align(other, join="outer", axis=1) >>> left A B C D E 1 4 2 NaN 1 3 2 9 7 NaN 6 8 >>> right A B C D E 2 10 20 30 40 NaN 3 60 70 80 90 NaN 4 600 700 800 900 NaN We can also align on the index: >>> left, right = df.align(other, join="outer", axis=0) >>> left D B E A 1 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 2 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 3 NaN NaN NaN NaN 4 NaN NaN NaN NaN >>> right A B C D 1 NaN NaN NaN NaN 2 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 3 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 4 600.0 700.0 800.0 900.0 Finally, the default `axis=None` will align on both index and columns: >>> left, right = df.align(other, join="outer", axis=None) >>> left A B C D E 1 4.0 2.0 NaN 1.0 3.0 2 9.0 7.0 NaN 6.0 8.0 3 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 4 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN >>> right A B C D E 1 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 NaN 3 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 NaN 4 600.0 700.0 800.0 900.0 NaN z3The 'method', 'limit', and 'fill_axis' keywords in zt.align are deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Call fillna directly on the returned objects instead.rñ