pandas rename columns in place code example

Example 1: rename row pandas

>>> df.rename({1: 2, 2: 4}, axis='index')
   A  B
0  1  4
2  2  5
4  3  6

Example 2: name columns pandas

>gapminder.columns = ['country','year','population',
                     'continent','life_exp','gdp_per_cap']