In [4]: import pandas as pd In [5]: df = pd.DataFrame(columns=['A','B','C','D','E','F','G']) In [6]: df Out[6]: Empty DataFrame Columns: [A, B, C, D, E, F, G] Index: []
>>> 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