#2885
Easy pandas Rename columns
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Mar 2, 2026
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DataFrame students
+-------------+--------+
| Column Name | Type |
+-------------+--------+
| id | int |
| first | object |
| last | object |
| age | int |
+-------------+--------+
Write a solution to rename the columns as follows:
id to student_id
first to first_name
last to last_name
age to age_in_years
The result format is in the following example.
Solution
Pandas
Time O(1)
Space O(1)
# DataFrame students
# +-------------+--------+
# | Column Name | Type |
# +-------------+--------+
# | id | int |
# | first | object |
# | last | object |
# | age | int |
# +-------------+--------+
# Write a solution to rename the columns as follows:
# id to student_id
# first to first_name
# last to last_name
# age to age_in_years
# The result format is in the following example.
# Example 1:
# Input:
# +----+---------+----------+-----+
# | id | first | last | age |
# +----+---------+----------+-----+
# | 1 | Mason | King | 6 |
# | 2 | Ava | Wright | 7 |
# | 3 | Taylor | Hall | 16 |
# | 4 | Georgia | Thompson | 18 |
# | 5 | Thomas | Moore | 10 |
# +----+---------+----------+-----+
# Output:
# +------------+------------+-----------+--------------+
# | student_id | first_name | last_name | age_in_years |
# +------------+------------+-----------+--------------+
# | 1 | Mason | King | 6 |
# | 2 | Ava | Wright | 7 |
# | 3 | Taylor | Hall | 16 |
# | 4 | Georgia | Thompson | 18 |
# | 5 | Thomas | Moore | 10 |
# +------------+------------+-----------+--------------+
# Explanation:
# The column names are changed accordingly.
import pandas as pd
def renameColumns(students: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame:
return students.rename(
columns={
"id": "student_id",
"first": "first_name",
"last": "last_name",
"age": "age_in_years",
}
)