Do train and test dataframes have to have the same column ordering ?

[arun-dezerv]

In sklearn, it is important to have the same column ordering between train and test sets. Is the same required in FinRL as well?

[krishdotn1]

Hi @arun-dezerv
I do not think the same order of columns is required in test and train datasets. Finrl Extract data by column name like
data["col_name"] So you did not need to maintain column order.

p.s: But while creating an observation space in an environment you should maintain the order of values contains in observation space.
example,
Train Case:
obs = [cash, num_of_stock,close,indicators_value]
Test Case:
it should be same as Train.
obs = [cash, num_of_stock,close,indicators_value]