pandas dataframe column name code example

Example 1: create dataframe with column names pandas

In [4]: import pandas as pd
In [5]: df = pd.DataFrame(columns=['A','B','C','D','E','F','G'])
In [6]: df
Out[6]:
Empty DataFrame
Columns: [A, B, C, D, E, F, G]
Index: []

Example 2: rename pandas columns with list of new names

df.columns = list_of_names

Example 3: dataframe names pandas

print(df.rename(columns={'A': 'a', 'C': 'c'}))

Example 4: name columns pandas

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