pandas.Index.rename

Index.rename(self, name, inplace=False)[source]

Alter Index or MultiIndex name.

Able to set new names without level. Defaults to returning new index. Length of names must match number of levels in MultiIndex.

Parameters
namelabel or list of labels

Name(s) to set.

inplacebool, default False

Modifies the object directly, instead of creating a new Index or MultiIndex.

Returns
Index

The same type as the caller or None if inplace is True.

See also

Index.set_names

Able to set new names partially and by level.

Examples

>>> idx = pd.Index(['A', 'C', 'A', 'B'], name='score')
>>> idx.rename('grade')
Index(['A', 'C', 'A', 'B'], dtype='object', name='grade')
>>> idx = pd.MultiIndex.from_product([['python', 'cobra'],
...                                   [2018, 2019]],
...                                   names=['kind', 'year'])
>>> idx
MultiIndex([('python', 2018),
            ('python', 2019),
            ( 'cobra', 2018),
            ( 'cobra', 2019)],
           names=['kind', 'year'])
>>> idx.rename(['species', 'year'])
MultiIndex([('python', 2018),
            ('python', 2019),
            ( 'cobra', 2018),
            ( 'cobra', 2019)],
           names=['species', 'year'])
>>> idx.rename('species')
Traceback (most recent call last):
TypeError: Must pass list-like as `names`.