import sys
import pandas as pd
filename = "planets.csv"
if len(sys.argv) == 2:
filename = sys.argv[1]
df = pd.read_csv(filename)
small = df[2:5][['Distance (AU)', 'Planet name']]
print(type(small))
print(small)
print()
other = df.iloc[3:6][['Distance (AU)', 'Planet name']]
print(type(other))
print(other)
print()
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'>
Distance (AU) Planet name
2 1.00 Earth
3 1.50 Mars
4 2.77 Ceres
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'>
Distance (AU) Planet name
3 1.50 Mars
4 2.77 Ceres
5 5.20 Jupiter