Rename

(dataframe-rename df old-names new-names)

returns: a dataframe with columns renamed from old-names to new-names (both lists of symbols).

(dataframe-rename* df (old-name new-name) ...)

returns: a dataframe with columns renamed using bare (old new) pairs. Silently ignores pairs where old-name is not found.

(dataframe-rename-all df new-names)

returns: a dataframe with all columns renamed to new-names (a list of symbols, must match column count).

> (define df (make-df* (a 1 2 3) (b 4 5 6) (c 7 8 9)))

> (dataframe-display (dataframe-rename df '(a b) '(A B)))

 dim: 3 rows x 3 cols
       A       B       c
   <num>   <num>   <num>
      1.      4.      7.
      2.      5.      8.
      3.      6.      9.

> (dataframe-display (dataframe-rename* df (a A) (b B)))

 dim: 3 rows x 3 cols
       A       B       c
   <num>   <num>   <num>
      1.      4.      7.
      2.      5.      8.
      3.      6.      9.

;; no change when old name is not found
> (dataframe-display (dataframe-rename* df (d Dee)))
 dim: 3 rows x 3 cols
       a       b       c
   <num>   <num>   <num>
      1.      4.      7.
      2.      5.      8.
      3.      6.      9.

> (dataframe-display (dataframe-rename-all df '(A B C)))

 dim: 3 rows x 3 cols
       A       B       C
   <num>   <num>   <num>
      1.      4.      7.
      2.      5.      8.
      3.      6.      9.