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# pandas.Index.rename

`Index.``rename`(name, inplace=False)

  Set new names on index. Defaults to returning new index.

  Parameters : | name : str or list name to set inplace : bool if True, mutates in place
  Returns : | new index (of same type and class...etc) [if inplace, returns None]

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