pandas.Series.cat.rename_categories

Series.cat.rename_categories(*args, **kwargs) [source]

Renames categories.

The new categories has to be a list-like object. All items must be unique and the number of items in the new categories must be the same as the number of items in the old categories.

Parameters:

new_categories : Index-like

The renamed categories.

inplace : boolean (default: False)

Whether or not to rename the categories inplace or return a copy of this categorical with renamed categories.

Returns:

cat : Categorical with renamed categories added or None if inplace.

Raises:

ValueError

If the new categories do not have the same number of items than the current categories or do not validate as categories

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