how to change the name of columns in python pandas code example
Example 1: rename column pandas
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3], "B": [4, 5, 6]})
>>> df.rename(columns={"A": "a", "B": "c"})
a c
0 1 4
1 2 5
2 3 6
Example 2: how to give name to column in pandas
>gapminder.rename(columns={'pop':'population',
'lifeExp':'life_exp',
'gdpPercap':'gdp_per_cap'},
inplace=True)
>print(gapminder.columns)
Index([u'country', u'year', u'population', u'continent', u'life_exp',
u'gdp_per_cap'],
dtype='object')
>gapminder.head(3)
country year population continent life_exp gdp_per_cap
0 Afghanistan 1952 8425333 Asia 28.801 779.445314
1 Afghanistan 1957 9240934 Asia 30.332 820.853030
2 Afghanistan 1962 10267083 Asia 31.997 853.100710
Example 3: rename pandas columns with list of new names
df.columns = list_of_names
Example 4: dataframe change column names
df.coloumns = ['A','B']
Example 5: rename column pandas
>>> df.index
RangeIndex(start=0, stop=3, step=1)
>>> df.rename(index=str).index
Index(['0', '1', '2'], dtype='object')