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# pandas.DataFrame.align

`DataFrame.``align`(other, join='outer', axis=None, level=None, copy=True, fill_value=None, method=None, limit=None, fill_axis=0)

  Align two object on their axes with the specified join method for each axis Index

  Parameters : | other : DataFrame or Series join : {‘outer’, ‘inner’, ‘left’, ‘right’}, default ‘outer’ axis : allowed axis of the other object, default None Align on index (0), columns (1), or both (None) level : int or level name, default None Broadcast across a level, matching Index values on the passed MultiIndex level copy : boolean, default True Always returns new objects. If copy=False and no reindexing is required then original objects are returned. fill_value : scalar, default np.NaN Value to use for missing values. Defaults to NaN, but can be any “compatible” value method : str, default None limit : int, default None fill_axis : {0, 1}, default 0 Filling axis, method and limit
  Returns : | (left, right) : (type of input, type of other) Aligned objects

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