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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 \texttt{DATA} is renamed to \texttt{DATA2} and then back to  
\texttt{DATA} again..  

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