3.2.1.0 table.renamecol

table.renamecol - Function

3.2.1 rename a column
Description

A column can be renamed in a table that was opened nomodify=False.
However, renaming is not possible in a (reference) table resulting from a select or sort operation.

Arguments


Inputs
oldname	name of column to be renamed
	allowed:	string
	Default:
newname	new name of column
	allowed:	string
	Default:

Returns
bool

Example

  tb.open("3C273XC1.MS", nomodify=False)
  tb.renamecol (’DATA’, ’DATA2’)
# T
  print tb.colnames()
  tb.renamecol (’DATA2’, ’DATA’)
# T
  print tb.colnames()

Column DATA is renamed to DATA2 and then back to DATA again..

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