How to rename a column in pandas

pandas-rename-column.ipynb

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       "Index(['date', 'region', 'sales'], dtype='object')"
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    "import pandas as pd\n",
    "\n",
    "df = pd.read_csv(\"https://jbencook.com/data/dummy-sales.csv\")\n",
    "\n",
    "df.rename(columns={\"revenue\": \"sales\"}, inplace=True)\n",
    "df.columns"
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    "df.rename(columns=str.upper, inplace=True)\n",
    "df.columns"
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       "Index(['_date', '_region', '_revenue'], dtype='object')"
      ]
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    "df.columns = [\"_date\", \"_region\", \"_revenue\"]\n",
    "df.columns"
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    "df.columns[0] = \"DATE\""
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