ENH: Add errors parameter to DataFrame.rename

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Other Enhancements
 - ``Series.str`` has gained :meth:`Series.str.casefold` method to removes all case distinctions present in a string (:issue:`25405`)
 - :meth:`DataFrame.set_index` now works for instances of ``abc.Iterator``, provided their output is of the same length as the calling frame (:issue:`22484`, :issue:`24984`)
 - :meth:`DatetimeIndex.union` now supports the ``sort`` argument. The behaviour of the sort parameter matches that of :meth:`Index.union` (:issue:`24994`)
--
+- :meth:`DataFrame.rename` now supports the ``errors`` argument to raise errors when attempting to rename nonexistent keys (:issue:`13473`)
 
 .. _whatsnew_0250.api_breaking:
 

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -3911,7 +3911,8 @@ def drop(self, labels=None, axis=0, index=None, columns=None,
 
  @rewrite_axis_style_signature('mapper', [('copy', True),
  ('inplace', False),
- ('level', None)])
+ ('level', None),
+ ('errors', 'ignore')])
  def rename(self, *args, **kwargs):
  """
  Alter axes labels.
@@ -3924,30 +3925,49 @@ def rename(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
  Parameters
  ----------
- mapper, index, columns : dict-like or function, optional
- dict-like or functions transformations to apply to
+ mapper : dict-like or function
+ Dict-like or functions transformations to apply to
  that axis' values. Use either ``mapper`` and ``axis`` to
  specify the axis to target with ``mapper``, or ``index`` and
  ``columns``.
- axis : int or str, optional
+ index : dict-like or function
+ Alternative to specifying axis (``mapper, axis=0``
+ is equivalent to ``index=mapper``).
+ columns : dict-like or function
+ Alternative to specifying axis (``mapper, axis=1``
+ is equivalent to ``columns=mapper``).
+ axis : int or str
  Axis to target with ``mapper``. Can be either the axis name
  ('index', 'columns') or number (0, 1). The default is 'index'.
- copy : boolean, default True
- Also copy underlying data
- inplace : boolean, default False
+ copy : bool, default True
+ Also copy underlying data.
+ inplace : bool, default False
  Whether to return a new DataFrame. If True then value of copy is
  ignored.
  level : int or level name, default None
  In case of a MultiIndex, only rename labels in the specified
  level.
+ errors : {'ignore', 'raise'}, default 'ignore'
+ If 'raise', raise a `KeyError` when a dict-like `mapper`, `index`,
+ or `columns` contains labels that are not present in the Index
+ being transformed.
+ If 'ignore', existing keys will be renamed and extra keys will be
+ ignored.
 
  Returns
  -------
  DataFrame
+ DataFrame with the renamed axis labels.
+
+ Raises
+ ------
+ KeyError
+ If any of the labels is not found in the selected axis and
+ "errors='raise'".
 
  See Also
  --------
- DataFrame.rename_axis
+ DataFrame.rename_axis : Set the name of the axis.
 
  Examples
  --------
@@ -3973,6 +3993,10 @@ def rename(self, *args, **kwargs):
  1 2 5
  2 3 6
 
+ >>> df.rename(index=str, columns={"A": "a", "C": "c"}, errors="raise")
+ Traceback (most recent call last):
+ KeyError: ['C'] not found in axis
+
  Using axis-style parameters
 
  >>> df.rename(str.lower, axis='columns')

pandas/core/generic.py

@@ -981,11 +981,23 @@ def rename(self, *args, **kwargs):
  level : int or level name, default None
  In case of a MultiIndex, only rename labels in the specified
  level.
+ errors : {'ignore', 'raise'}, default 'ignore'
+ If 'raise', raise a `KeyError` when a dict-like `mapper`, `index`,
+ or `columns` contains labels that are not present in the Index
+ being transformed.
+ If 'ignore', existing keys will be renamed and extra keys will be
+ ignored.
 
  Returns
  -------
  renamed : %(klass)s (new object)
 
+ Raises
+ ------
+ KeyError
+ If any of the labels is not found in the selected axis and
+ "errors='raise'".
+
  See Also
  --------
  NDFrame.rename_axis
@@ -1065,6 +1077,7 @@ def rename(self, *args, **kwargs):
  inplace = kwargs.pop('inplace', False)
  level = kwargs.pop('level', None)
  axis = kwargs.pop('axis', None)
+ errors = kwargs.pop('errors', 'ignore')
  if axis is not None:
  # Validate the axis
  self._get_axis_number(axis)
@@ -1085,10 +1098,19 @@ def rename(self, *args, **kwargs):
  if v is None:
  continue
  f = com._get_rename_function(v)
-
  baxis = self._get_block_manager_axis(axis)
  if level is not None:
  level = self.axes[axis]._get_level_number(level)
+
+ # GH 13473
+ if not callable(v):
+ indexer = self.axes[axis].get_indexer_for(v)
+ if errors == 'raise' and len(indexer[indexer == -1]):
+ missing_labels = [label for index, label in enumerate(v)
+ if indexer[index] == -1]
+ raise KeyError('{} not found in axis'
+ .format(missing_labels))
+
  result._data = result._data.rename_axis(f, axis=baxis, copy=copy,
  level=level)
  result._clear_item_cache()

pandas/tests/frame/test_alter_axes.py

@@ -871,6 +871,23 @@ def test_rename_bug2(self):
  columns=["a"])
  tm.assert_frame_equal(df, expected)
 
+ def test_rename_errors_raises(self):
+ df = DataFrame(columns=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'])
+ with pytest.raises(KeyError, match='\'E\'] not found in axis'):
+ df.rename(columns={'A': 'a', 'E': 'e'}, errors='raise')
+
+ @pytest.mark.parametrize('mapper, errors, expected_columns', [
+ ({'A': 'a', 'E': 'e'}, 'ignore', ['a', 'B', 'C', 'D']),
+ ({'A': 'a'}, 'raise', ['a', 'B', 'C', 'D']),
+ (str.lower, 'raise', ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])])
+ def test_rename_errors(self, mapper, errors, expected_columns):
+ # GH 13473
+ # rename now works with errors parameter
+ df = DataFrame(columns=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'])
+ result = df.rename(columns=mapper, errors=errors)
+ expected = DataFrame(columns=expected_columns)
+ tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
  def test_reorder_levels(self):
  index = MultiIndex(levels=[['bar'], ['one', 'two', 'three'], [0, 1]],
  codes=[[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
@@ -1328,7 +1345,7 @@ def test_rename_signature(self):
  sig = inspect.signature(DataFrame.rename)
  parameters = set(sig.parameters)
  assert parameters == {"self", "mapper", "index", "columns", "axis",
- "inplace", "copy", "level"}
+ "inplace", "copy", "level", "errors"}
 
  @pytest.mark.skipif(PY2, reason="inspect.signature")
  def test_reindex_signature(self):