html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/895#issuecomment-723660214,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/895,723660214,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcyMzY2MDIxNA==,10194086,2020-11-08T20:18:01Z,2020-11-08T20:18:01Z,MEMBER,I am closing this as stale. Half of this OR is implemented (#2732) the other half is  #1754. ,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,164948082
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/895#issuecomment-459775303,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/895,459775303,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ1OTc3NTMwMw==,5635139,2019-02-01T16:11:11Z,2019-02-01T16:11:11Z,MEMBER,"Great, @mathause - all yours, given no response from OP","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,164948082
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/895#issuecomment-459629820,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/895,459629820,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ1OTYyOTgyMA==,10194086,2019-02-01T07:16:25Z,2019-02-01T07:16:56Z,MEMBER,Once #2732 is merged (#2380) the first issue from the list should be resolved. I'd still be interested to get No 2 in.Maybe it would be better to open a new PR?,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,164948082
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/895#issuecomment-454164678,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/895,454164678,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ1NDE2NDY3OA==,5635139,2019-01-14T21:17:23Z,2019-01-14T21:17:23Z,MEMBER,"Would anyone like to take this up? I was going to close as stale, but it's fairly close!","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,164948082
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/895#issuecomment-315173422,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/895,315173422,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDMxNTE3MzQyMg==,2443309,2017-07-13T19:07:44Z,2017-07-13T19:07:44Z,MEMBER,"@tsupinie - are you interested in finishing this up? Beyond a few changes requested by @shoyer, we just need some test coverage and a whatsnew entry. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,164948082
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/895#issuecomment-232098656,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/895,232098656,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDIzMjA5ODY1Ng==,1217238,2016-07-12T16:18:09Z,2016-07-12T16:18:09Z,MEMBER,"This looks like nice functionality!

The main thing it needs is tests. Let me know if you have any questions about how to go about writing those.

I also like the name `keep_variables` better than than `only_variables`.
","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,164948082
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/895#issuecomment-232045709,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/895,232045709,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDIzMjA0NTcwOQ==,10050469,2016-07-12T13:24:06Z,2016-07-12T13:24:06Z,MEMBER,"Maybe `keep_variables` would be a more appropriate name? ('keep' vs 'drop').
","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,164948082
https://github.com/pydata/xarray/pull/895#issuecomment-232002705,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/895,232002705,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDIzMjAwMjcwNQ==,10194086,2016-07-12T10:37:50Z,2016-07-12T10:37:50Z,MEMBER,"I like (2) - I once needed this functionality and had to infer the `drop_vars`.

```
def get_drop_vars(variables, ds):

    if isinstance(variables, basestring):
        variables = [variables]
    else:
        variables = list(variables)

    # all variables
    drop_var = set(ds.variables.keys())

    # do not drop: coordinates, variables and time bounds
    keep_var = ds.coords.keys() + variables + ['time_bounds', 'time_bnds']

    drop_var.difference_update(keep_var)

    return drop_var`


```
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