pandas dataframe add column names code example

Example 1: rename df column

import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_csv(file)
data.rename(columns={'original':'new_name'}, inplace=True)

Example 2: how to add column headers in pandas

#suppose team is a df that has unnamed columns (0,1...)
team.columns =['Name', 'Code', 'Age', 'Weight']

Example 3: how to give column names in pandas when creating dataframe

df_new = df.rename(columns={'A': 'a'}, index={'ONE': 'one'})
print(df_new)
#         a   B   C
# one    11  12  13
# TWO    21  22  23
# THREE  31  32  33

print(df)
#         A   B   C
# ONE    11  12  13
# TWO    21  22  23
# THREE  31  32  33

Example 4: give column names to a dataframe

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

Example 5: dataframe change column names

#Pandas for Python

df.coloumns = ['A','B']