Answers for "rename column in data frame"

rename columns pandas

df.rename(columns={'oldName1': 'newName1',
                   'oldName2': 'newName2'},
          inplace=True, errors='raise')
# Make sure you set inplace to True if you want the change
# to be applied to the dataframe

change name of column pandas

#df.rename() will only return a new df with the new headers
#df = df.rename() will change the heders of the current dataframe 
df = df.rename(columns={"old_col1": "new_col1", "old_col2": "new_col2"})

renaming column in dataframe pandas

df.rename({'a': 'X', 'b': 'Y'}, axis=1, inplace=True)
df

   X  Y  c  d  e
0  x  x  x  x  x
1  x  x  x  x  x
2  x  x  x  x  x

pandas description of dataframe renaming column values

dict = {
    'Android': 'Android',
    'Chrome OS': 'Chrome OS',
    'Linux': 'Linux',
    'Mac OS': 'macOS',
    'No OS': 'No OS',
    'Windows': 'Windows',
    'macOS': 'macOS'
}

df['col'] = df['col'].map(dict)