select_subset_column_types.py

# Import pandas library
import pandas as pd

# Read my dataset
candidates_df = pd.read_csv("./data/candidates_data.csv")

# Check the data columns' types
candidates_df.dtypes

# Only select columns of type "object" & "datetime"
candidates_df.select_dtypes(include = ["object", "datetime64"])

# Exclude columns of type "datetime" & "int"
candidates_df.select_dtypes(exclude = ["int64", "datetime64"])