Renaming Columns

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3.8. Renaming Columns#

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

df=pd.DataFrame({
'Name':['Sahil','Sonia','Sourav','Vishal'],
'Age':[10,20,30,40],
'Gender':['M','F','M','M'],
'City':['J','K','L','P'],
'Work':[True,False,False,True]
}
)
df

	Name	Age	Gender	City	Work
0	Sahil	10	M	J	True
1	Sonia	20	F	K	False
2	Sourav	30	M	L	False
3	Vishal	40	M	P	True

3.8.1. Use df.rename function and pass dict of oldname:newname#

df.rename({
'Name':'First Name',
'City':'Place'
},axis=1,inplace=True)  # Note:you can pass axis=columns too
# 0=rows
# 1=columns

df

	First Name	Age	Gender	Place	Work
0	Sahil	10	M	J	True
1	Sonia	20	F	K	False
2	Sourav	30	M	L	False
3	Vishal	40	M	P	True