Removing the index column from df

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what needs to be changed to accomplish these 2?

You most keep the original df object an not overwrite it.
Example make a own variable when convert to a string,i use perfringo code as example.

>>> df_str = df.to_string(index=False)
>>> print(df_str)
 a  b  c
 0  1  2
 3  4  5
 6  7  8
>>> 
>>> # Now still have the original object
>>> df
   a  b  c
0  0  1  2
1  3  4  5
2  6  7  8
>>> 
>>> type(df_str)
<class 'str'>
>>> type(df)
<class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'>

So when have the original df object then it have a method .to_html()
Then the same there without index.

>>> print(df.to_html(index=False))
<table border="1" class="dataframe">
  <thead>
    <tr style="text-align: right;">
      <th>a</th>
      <th>b</th>
      <th>c</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>0</td>
      <td>1</td>
      <td>2</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>3</td>
      <td>4</td>
      <td>5</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>6</td>
      <td>7</td>
      <td>8</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>