API: Added axis argument to rename

xref: pandas-dev#12392

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.0.txt

@@ -109,6 +109,21 @@ For example:
     # the following is now equivalent
     df.drop(columns=['B', 'C'])
 
+``rename`` now also accepts axis keyword
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The :meth:`~DataFrame.rename` method has gained the ``axis`` keyword as an
+alternative to specify the ``axis`` to target (:issue:`12392`).
+
+.. ipython:: 
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3], "B": [4, 5, 6]})
+    df.rename(str.lower, axis='columns')
+    df.rename(id, axis='index')
+
+The ``.rename(index=id, columns=str.lower)`` style continues to work as before.
+We *highly* encourage using named arguments to avoid confusion.
+
 .. _whatsnew_0210.enhancements.categorical_dtype:
 
 ``CategoricalDtype`` for specifying categoricals

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -111,7 +111,13 @@
     optional_by="""
         by : str or list of str
             Name or list of names which refer to the axis items.""",
-    versionadded_to_excel='')
+    versionadded_to_excel='',
+    optional_mapper="""mapper : dict-like or function
+            Applied to the axis specified by `axis`""",
+    optional_axis="""axis : int or str, optional
+            Axis to target. Can be either the axis name ('rows', 'columns')
+            or number (0, 1).""",
+)
 
 _numeric_only_doc = """numeric_only : boolean, default None
     Include only float, int, boolean data. If None, will attempt to use
@@ -2765,6 +2771,46 @@ def reindexer(value):
 
         return np.atleast_2d(np.asarray(value))
 
+    def _validate_axis_style_args(self, arg, arg_name, index, columns,
+                                  axis, method_name):
+        if axis is not None:
+            # Using "axis" style, along with a positional arg
+            # Both index and columns should be None then
+            axis = self._get_axis_name(axis)
+            if index is not None or columns is not None:
+                msg = (
+                    "Can't specify both 'axis' and 'index' or 'columns'. "
+                    "Specify either\n"
+                    "\t.{method_name}.rename({arg_name}, axis=axis), or\n"
+                    "\t.{method_name}.rename(index=index, columns=columns)"
+                ).format(arg_name=arg_name, method_name=method_name)
+                raise TypeError(msg)
+            if axis == 'index':
+                index = arg
+            elif axis == 'columns':
+                columns = arg
+
+        elif all(x is not None for x in (arg, index, columns)):
+            msg = (
+                "Cannot specify all of '{arg_name}', 'index', and 'columns'. "
+                "Specify either {arg_name} and 'axis', or 'index' and "
+                "'columns'."
+            ).format(arg_name=arg_name)
+            raise TypeError(msg)
+
+        elif axis is None and (arg is not None and index is not None):
+            # This is the "ambiguous" case, so emit a warning
+            msg = (
+                "Interpreting call to '.{method_name}(a, b)' as "
+                "'.{method_name}(index=a, columns=b)'. "
+                "Use keyword arguments to remove any ambiguity."
+            ).format(method_name=method_name)
+            warnings.warn(msg)
+            index, columns = arg, index
+        elif index is None and columns is None:
+            index = arg
+        return index, columns
+
     @property
     def _series(self):
         result = {}
@@ -2904,7 +2950,11 @@ def reindex_axis(self, labels, axis=0, method=None, level=None, copy=True,
                                         limit=limit, fill_value=fill_value)
 
     @Appender(_shared_docs['rename'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
-    def rename(self, index=None, columns=None, **kwargs):
+    def rename(self, mapper=None, index=None, columns=None, axis=None,
+               **kwargs):
+        index, columns = self._validate_axis_style_args(mapper, 'mapper',
+                                                        index, columns,
+                                                        axis, 'rename')
         return super(DataFrame, self).rename(index=index, columns=columns,
                                              **kwargs)
 

pandas/core/generic.py

@@ -742,11 +742,13 @@ def swaplevel(self, i=-2, j=-1, axis=0):
 
         Parameters
         ----------
+        %(optional_mapper)s
         %(axes)s : scalar, list-like, dict-like or function, optional
             Scalar or list-like will alter the ``Series.name`` attribute,
             and raise on DataFrame or Panel.
             dict-like or functions are transformations to apply to
             that axis' values
+        %(optional_axis)s
         copy : boolean, default True
             Also copy underlying data
         inplace : boolean, default False
@@ -787,6 +789,7 @@ def swaplevel(self, i=-2, j=-1, axis=0):
         3    2
         5    3
         dtype: int64
+
         >>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3], "B": [4, 5, 6]})
         >>> df.rename(2)
         Traceback (most recent call last):
@@ -802,12 +805,27 @@ def swaplevel(self, i=-2, j=-1, axis=0):
         0  1  4
         1  2  5
         2  3  6
+
+        Using axis-style parameters
+
+        >>> df.rename(str.lower, axis='columns')
+           a  b
+        0  1  4
+        1  2  5
+        2  3  6
+
+        >>> df.rename({1: 2, 2: 4}, axis='index')
+           A  B
+        0  1  4
+        2  2  5
+        4  3  6
         """
 
     @Appender(_shared_docs['rename'] % dict(axes='axes keywords for this'
-                                            ' object', klass='NDFrame'))
+                                            ' object', klass='NDFrame',
+                                            optional_mapper='',
+                                            optional_axis=''))
     def rename(self, *args, **kwargs):
-
         axes, kwargs = self._construct_axes_from_arguments(args, kwargs)
         copy = kwargs.pop('copy', True)
         inplace = kwargs.pop('inplace', False)

pandas/core/panel.py

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 _shared_doc_kwargs = dict(
     axes='items, major_axis, minor_axis',
     klass="Panel",
-    axes_single_arg="{0, 1, 2, 'items', 'major_axis', 'minor_axis'}")
+    axes_single_arg="{0, 1, 2, 'items', 'major_axis', 'minor_axis'}",
+    optional_mapper='', optional_axis='')
 _shared_doc_kwargs['args_transpose'] = ("three positional arguments: each one"
                                         "of\n%s" %
                                         _shared_doc_kwargs['axes_single_arg'])

pandas/core/series.py

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     inplace="""inplace : boolean, default False
         If True, performs operation inplace and returns None.""",
     unique='np.ndarray', duplicated='Series',
-    optional_by='',
+    optional_by='', optional_mapper='', optional_axis='',
     versionadded_to_excel='\n    .. versionadded:: 0.20.0\n')
 
 

pandas/tests/frame/test_alter_axes.py

@@ -837,6 +837,101 @@ def test_rename_objects(self):
         assert 'FOO' in renamed
         assert 'foo' not in renamed
 
+    def test_rename_columns(self):
+        df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2], "B": [1, 2]}, index=['X', 'Y'])
+        expected = pd.DataFrame({"a": [1, 2], "b": [1, 2]}, index=['X', 'Y'])
+
+        result = df.rename(str.lower, axis=1)
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        result = df.rename(str.lower, axis='columns')
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        result = df.rename({"A": 'a', 'B': 'b'}, axis=1)
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        result = df.rename({"A": 'a', 'B': 'b'}, axis='columns')
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # Index
+        expected = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2], "B": [1, 2]}, index=['x', 'y'])
+        result = df.rename(str.lower, axis=0)
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        result = df.rename(str.lower, axis='index')
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        result = df.rename({'X': 'x', 'Y': 'y'}, axis=0)
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        result = df.rename({'X': 'x', 'Y': 'y'}, axis='index')
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+    def test_rename_mapper_multi(self):
+        df = pd.DataFrame({"A": ['a', 'b'], "B": ['c', 'd'],
+                           'C': [1, 2]}).set_index(["A", "B"])
+        result = df.rename(str.upper)
+        expected = df.rename(index=str.upper)
+        assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+    def test_rename_raises(self):
+        df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2], "B": [1, 2]}, index=['0', '1'])
+
+        # Named target and axis
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, None):
+            df.rename(index=str.lower, axis=1)
+
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, None):
+            df.rename(index=str.lower, axis='columns')
+
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, None):
+            df.rename(index=str.lower, axis=0)
+
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, None):
+            df.rename(index=str.lower, axis='columns')
+
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, None):
+            df.rename(columns=str.lower, axis='columns')
+
+        # Multiple targets and axis
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, None):
+            df.rename(str.lower, str.lower, axis='columns')
+
+        # Too many targets
+        with tm.assert_raises_regex(TypeError, None):
+            df.rename(str.lower, str.lower, str.lower)
+
+    def test_drop_api_equivalence(self):
+        # equivalence of the labels/axis and index/columns API's
+        df = DataFrame([[1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5], [5, 6, 7]],
+                       index=['a', 'b', 'c'],
+                       columns=['d', 'e', 'f'])
+
+        res1 = df.drop('a')
+        res2 = df.drop(index='a')
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(res1, res2)
+
+        res1 = df.drop('d', 1)
+        res2 = df.drop(columns='d')
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(res1, res2)
+
+        res1 = df.drop(labels='e', axis=1)
+        res2 = df.drop(columns='e')
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(res1, res2)
+
+        res1 = df.drop(['a'], axis=0)
+        res2 = df.drop(index=['a'])
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(res1, res2)
+
+        res1 = df.drop(['a'], axis=0).drop(['d'], axis=1)
+        res2 = df.drop(index=['a'], columns=['d'])
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            df.drop(labels='a', index='b')
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            df.drop(axis=1)
+
     def test_assign_columns(self):
         self.frame['hi'] = 'there'
 
@@ -860,6 +955,14 @@ def test_set_index_preserve_categorical_dtype(self):
             result = result.reindex(columns=df.columns)
             tm.assert_frame_equal(result, df)
 
+    def test_ambiguous_warns(self):
+        df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2]})
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(UserWarning):
+            df.rename(id, id)
+
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(UserWarning):
+            df.rename({0: 10}, {"A": "B"})
+
 
 class TestIntervalIndex(object):