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Clarify docs for MultiIndex drops and levels
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Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas into 36227
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Expand Up @@ -4749,7 +4749,7 @@ def drop(
Remove rows or columns by specifying label names and corresponding
axis, or by specifying directly index or column names. When using a
multi-index, labels on different levels can be removed by specifying
the level.
the level. The now-unused levels remain in the MultiIndex._levels attribute.
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I think it would actually be better to just link to https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/advanced.html#defined-levels as you did in the original issue. I don't think it's great to advertise "private" attributes in the docs.

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Done


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