Rename a column.

This can also be done directly with by setting the name attribute for a column:

table[name].name = new_name

TODO: this won’t work for mixins

Parameters¶

namestr

The current name of the column.

new_namestr

The new name for the column

Examples¶

Create a table with three columns ‘a’, ‘b’ and ‘c’:

>>> t = Table([[1,2],[3,4],[5,6]], names=('a','b','c'))
>>> print(t)
 a   b   c
--- --- ---
  1   3   5
  2   4   6

Renaming column ‘a’ to ‘aa’:

>>> t.rename_column('a' , 'aa')
>>> print(t)
 aa  b   c
--- --- ---
  1   3   5
  2   4   6