import pandas as pd df = pd.read_csv('some_data.csv', usecols = ['col1','col2'], low_memory = False)
import pandas as pd fields = ['star_name', 'ra'] df = pd.read_csv('data.csv', skipinitialspace=True, usecols=fields) # See the keys print df.keys() # See content in 'star_name' print df.star_name