``` df3 = DataFrame({"a":[1,2,3,4], "b":[1,2,3,4]}) df3.ix[:,["b","c"]] Out[1]: b c 0 1 NaN 1 2 NaN 2 3 NaN 3 4 NaN ``` I would have (had...) expected that the `df3.ix[:,["b","c"]]` will throw an error :-(