renaming columns in dataframe 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: rename column pandas

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

Example 3: rename one dataframe column python in inplace

import pandas as pd

d1 = {'Name': ['Pankaj', 'Lisa', 'David'], 'ID': [1, 2, 3], 'Role': ['CEO', 'Editor', 'Author']}

df = pd.DataFrame(d1)

print('Source DataFrame:\n', df)

df.rename(index={0: '#0', 1: '#1', 2: '#2'}, columns={'Name': 'EmpName', 'ID': 'EmpID', 'Role': 'EmpRole'}, inplace=True)

print('Source DataFrame:\n', df)