code: def concat_cols(df1,df2,idx_col,df1_cols,df2_cols,
                  df1_suffix,df2_suffix,wc_cols=[],suffix_all=False):
      df1=df1.set_index(idx_col)
      df2=df2.set_index(idx_col)    
      if not len(wc_cols)==0:
          for wc in wc_cols:
              df1_cols=df1_cols+[c for c in df1.columns if wc in c]
              df2_cols=df2_cols+[c for c in df2.columns if wc in c]
      combo=pd.concat([df1.loc[:,df1_cols],df2.loc[:,df2_cols]],axis=1)
      if suffix_all:
          df1_cols=["%s%s" % (c,df1_suffix) for c in df1_cols]
          df2_cols=["%s%s" % (c,df2_suffix) for c in df2_cols]
      else:
          common_cols=[col for col in df1_cols if col in df2_cols]
          for col in common_cols:
              df1_cols[df1_cols.index(col)]="%s%s" % (col,df1_suffix)
              df2_cols[df2_cols.index(col)]="%s%s" % (col,df2_suffix)
      combo.columns=df1_cols+df2_cols
      combo.index.name=idx_col
      return combo