maxframe.dataframe.Index.set_names

Index.set_names(names, level=None, inplace=False)

Set Index or MultiIndex name.

Able to set new names partially and by level.

Parameters:

• names (label or list of label) – Name(s) to set.

• level (int, label or list of int or label, optional) – If the index is a MultiIndex, level(s) to set (None for all levels). Otherwise level must be None.

• inplace (bool, default False) – Modifies the object directly, instead of creating a new Index or MultiIndex.

Returns:

The same type as the caller or None if inplace is True.

Return type:

Index

See also

Index.rename

Able to set new names without level.

Examples

>>> import maxframe.dataframe as md
>>> idx = md.Index([1, 2, 3, 4])
>>> idx.execute()
Int64Index([1, 2, 3, 4], dtype='int64')
>>> idx.set_names('quarter').execute()
Int64Index([1, 2, 3, 4], dtype='int64', name='quarter')