API: Deprecate renamae_axis and reindex_axis

Closes pandas-dev#17833

doc/source/basics.rst

@@ -1201,8 +1201,11 @@ With a DataFrame, you can simultaneously reindex the index and columns:
    df
    df.reindex(index=['c', 'f', 'b'], columns=['three', 'two', 'one'])
 
-For convenience, you may utilize the :meth:`~Series.reindex_axis` method, which
-takes the labels and a keyword ``axis`` parameter.
+You may also use ``reindex`` with an ``axis`` keyword:
+
+.. ipython:: python
+
+   df.reindex(index=['c', 'f', 'b'], axis='index')
 
 Note that the ``Index`` objects containing the actual axis labels can be
 **shared** between objects. So if we have a Series and a DataFrame, the

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.21.0.txt

@@ -810,6 +810,8 @@ Deprecations
 - ``.get_value`` and ``.set_value`` on ``Series``, ``DataFrame``, ``Panel``, ``SparseSeries``, and ``SparseDataFrame`` are deprecated in favor of using ``.iat[]`` or ``.at[]`` accessors (:issue:`15269`)
 - Passing a non-existent column in ``.to_excel(..., columns=)`` is deprecated and will raise a ``KeyError`` in the future (:issue:`17295`)
 - ``raise_on_error`` parameter to :func:`Series.where`, :func:`Series.mask`, :func:`DataFrame.where`, :func:`DataFrame.mask` is deprecated, in favor of ``errors=`` (:issue:`14968`)
+- Using :meth:`DataFrame.rename_axis` and :meth:`Series.rename_axis` to alter index or column *labels* is now deprecated in favor of using ``.rename``. ``rename_axis`` may still be used to alter the name of the index or columns (:issue:`17833`).
+- :meth:`~NDFrame.reindex_axis` has been deprecated in favor of :meth:`~NDFrame.reindex`. See :ref`here` <whatsnew_0210.enhancements.rename_reindex_axis> for more (:issue:`17833`).
 
 .. _whatsnew_0210.deprecations.select:
 

pandas/core/computation/align.py

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ def _align_core(terms):
         for axis, items in zip(range(ndim), axes):
             ti = terms[i].value
 
+            # TODO: handle this for when reindex_axis is removed...
             if hasattr(ti, 'reindex_axis'):
                 transpose = isinstance(ti, pd.Series) and naxes > 1
                 reindexer = axes[naxes - 1] if transpose else items
@@ -104,11 +105,7 @@ def _align_core(terms):
                          ).format(axis=axis, term=terms[i].name, ordm=ordm)
                     warnings.warn(w, category=PerformanceWarning, stacklevel=6)
 
-                if transpose:
-                    f = partial(ti.reindex, index=reindexer, copy=False)
-                else:
-                    f = partial(ti.reindex_axis, reindexer, axis=axis,
-                                copy=False)
+                f = partial(ti.reindex, reindexer, axis=axis, copy=False)
 
                 terms[i].update(f())
 

pandas/core/frame.py

@@ -2736,7 +2736,7 @@ def reindexer(value):
                 if isinstance(loc, (slice, Series, np.ndarray, Index)):
                     cols = maybe_droplevels(self.columns[loc], key)
                     if len(cols) and not cols.equals(value.columns):
-                        value = value.reindex_axis(cols, axis=1)
+                        value = value.reindex(cols, axis=1)
             # now align rows
             value = reindexer(value).T
 

pandas/core/generic.py

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def __init__(self, data, axes=None, copy=False, dtype=None,
 
             if axes is not None:
                 for i, ax in enumerate(axes):
-                    data = data.reindex_axis(ax, axis=i)
+                    data = data.reindex(ax, axis=i)
 
         object.__setattr__(self, 'is_copy', None)
         object.__setattr__(self, '_data', data)
@@ -893,17 +893,12 @@ def f(x):
     rename.__doc__ = _shared_docs['rename']
 
     def rename_axis(self, mapper, axis=0, copy=True, inplace=False):
-        """
-        Alter index and / or columns using input function or functions.
-        A scalar or list-like for ``mapper`` will alter the ``Index.name``
-        or ``MultiIndex.names`` attribute.
-        A function or dict for ``mapper`` will alter the labels.
-        Function / dict values must be unique (1-to-1). Labels not contained in
-        a dict / Series will be left as-is.
+        """Alter the name of the index or columns.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        mapper : scalar, list-like, dict-like or function, optional
+        mapper : scalar, list-like, optional
+            Value to set the axis name attribute.
         axis : int or string, default 0
         copy : boolean, default True
             Also copy underlying data
@@ -913,6 +908,13 @@ def rename_axis(self, mapper, axis=0, copy=True, inplace=False):
         -------
         renamed : type of caller or None if inplace=True
 
+        Notes
+        -----
+        Prior to version 0.21.0, ``rename_axis`` could also be used to change
+        the axis *labels* by passing a mapping or scalar. This behavior is
+        deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Use ``rename``
+        instead.
+
         See Also
         --------
         pandas.NDFrame.rename
@@ -922,29 +924,29 @@ def rename_axis(self, mapper, axis=0, copy=True, inplace=False):
         --------
 
         >>> df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2, 3], "B": [4, 5, 6]})
-        >>> df.rename_axis("foo")  # scalar, alters df.index.name
+        >>> df.rename_axis("foo")
              A  B
         foo
         0    1  4
         1    2  5
         2    3  6
-        >>> df.rename_axis(lambda x: 2 * x)  # function: alters labels
-           A  B
-        0  1  4
-        2  2  5
-        4  3  6
-        >>> df.rename_axis({"A": "ehh", "C": "see"}, axis="columns")  # mapping
-           ehh  B
+
+        >>> df.rename_axis("bar", axis="columns")
+        bar  A  B
         0    1  4
         1    2  5
         2    3  6
+
         """
         inplace = validate_bool_kwarg(inplace, 'inplace')
         non_mapper = is_scalar(mapper) or (is_list_like(mapper) and not
                                            is_dict_like(mapper))
         if non_mapper:
             return self._set_axis_name(mapper, axis=axis, inplace=inplace)
         else:
+            msg = ("Using 'rename_axis' to alter labels is deprecated. "
+                   "Use '.rename' instead")
+            warnings.warn(msg, FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
             axis = self._get_axis_name(axis)
             d = {'copy': copy, 'inplace': inplace}
             d[axis] = mapper
@@ -2981,6 +2983,11 @@ def reindex(self, *args, **kwargs):
         tolerance = kwargs.pop('tolerance', None)
         fill_value = kwargs.pop('fill_value', np.nan)
 
+        # Series.reindex doesn't use / need the axis kwarg
+        # We pop and ignore it here, to make writing Series/Frame generic code
+        # easier
+        kwargs.pop("axis", None)
+
         if kwargs:
             raise TypeError('reindex() got an unexpected keyword '
                             'argument "{0}"'.format(list(kwargs.keys())[0]))
@@ -3085,11 +3092,14 @@ def _reindex_multi(self, axes, copy, fill_value):
     @Appender(_shared_docs['reindex_axis'] % _shared_doc_kwargs)
     def reindex_axis(self, labels, axis=0, method=None, level=None, copy=True,
                      limit=None, fill_value=np.nan):
+        msg = ("'.reindex_axis' is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
+               "version. Use '.reindex' instead.")
         self._consolidate_inplace()
 
         axis_name = self._get_axis_name(axis)
         axis_values = self._get_axis(axis_name)
         method = missing.clean_reindex_fill_method(method)
+        warnings.warn(msg, FutureWarning, stacklevel=3)
         new_index, indexer = axis_values.reindex(labels, method, level,
                                                  limit=limit)
         return self._reindex_with_indexers({axis: [new_index, indexer]},

pandas/core/groupby.py

@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ def reset_identity(values):
                         result.index.get_indexer_for(ax.values))
                     result = result.take(indexer, axis=self.axis)
                 else:
-                    result = result.reindex_axis(ax, axis=self.axis)
+                    result = result.reindex(ax, axis=self.axis)
 
         elif self.group_keys:
 
@@ -4580,7 +4580,7 @@ def _get_sorted_data(self):
 
         # this is sort of wasteful but...
         sorted_axis = data.axes[self.axis].take(self.sort_idx)
-        sorted_data = data.reindex_axis(sorted_axis, axis=self.axis)
+        sorted_data = data.reindex(sorted_axis, axis=self.axis)
 
         return sorted_data
 

pandas/core/indexing.py

@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ def _setitem_with_indexer(self, indexer, value):
                     # so the object is the same
                     index = self.obj._get_axis(i)
                     labels = index.insert(len(index), key)
-                    self.obj._data = self.obj.reindex_axis(labels, i)._data
+                    self.obj._data = self.obj.reindex(labels, axis=i)._data
                     self.obj._maybe_update_cacher(clear=True)
                     self.obj.is_copy = None
 
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ def _getitem_iterable(self, key, axis=None):
             if labels.is_unique and Index(keyarr).is_unique:
 
                 try:
-                    return self.obj.reindex_axis(keyarr, axis=axis)
+                    return self.obj.reindex(keyarr, axis=axis)
                 except AttributeError:
 
                     # Series

pandas/core/internals.py

@@ -3283,8 +3283,8 @@ def apply(self, f, axes=None, filter=None, do_integrity_check=False,
 
                 for k, obj in aligned_args.items():
                     axis = getattr(obj, '_info_axis_number', 0)
-                    kwargs[k] = obj.reindex_axis(b_items, axis=axis,
-                                                 copy=align_copy)
+                    kwargs[k] = obj.reindex(b_items, axis=axis,
+                                            copy=align_copy)
 
             kwargs['mgr'] = self
             applied = getattr(b, f)(**kwargs)

pandas/core/panel.py

@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ def dropna(self, axis=0, how='any', inplace=False):
             cond = mask == per_slice
 
         new_ax = self._get_axis(axis)[cond]
-        result = self.reindex_axis(new_ax, axis=axis)
+        result = self.reindex(new_ax, axis=axis)
         if inplace:
             self._update_inplace(result)
         else:

pandas/core/reshape/pivot.py

@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ def pivot_table(data, values=None, index=None, columns=None, aggfunc='mean',
         try:
             m = MultiIndex.from_arrays(cartesian_product(table.index.levels),
                                        names=table.index.names)
-            table = table.reindex_axis(m, axis=0)
+            table = table.reindex(m, axis=0)
         except AttributeError:
             pass  # it's a single level
 
         try:
             m = MultiIndex.from_arrays(cartesian_product(table.columns.levels),
                                        names=table.columns.names)
-            table = table.reindex_axis(m, axis=1)
+            table = table.reindex(m, axis=1)
         except AttributeError:
             pass  # it's a single level or a series
 

pandas/core/series.py

@@ -2615,6 +2615,10 @@ def reindex_axis(self, labels, axis=0, **kwargs):
         """ for compatibility with higher dims """
         if axis != 0:
             raise ValueError("cannot reindex series on non-zero axis!")
+        msg = ("'.reindex_axis' is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
+               "version. Use '.reindex' instead.")
+        warnings.warn(msg, FutureWarning, stacklevel=2)
+
         return self.reindex(index=labels, **kwargs)
 
     def memory_usage(self, index=True, deep=False):

pandas/core/sparse/scipy_sparse.py

@@ -134,5 +134,5 @@ def _coo_to_sparse_series(A, dense_index=False):
         i = range(A.shape[0])
         j = range(A.shape[1])
         ind = MultiIndex.from_product([i, j])
-        s = s.reindex_axis(ind)
+        s = s.reindex(ind)
     return s

pandas/io/pytables.py

@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ def append_to_multiple(self, d, value, selector, data_columns=None,
             dc = data_columns if k == selector else None
 
             # compute the val
-            val = value.reindex_axis(v, axis=axis)
+            val = value.reindex(v, axis=axis)
 
             self.append(k, val, data_columns=dc, **kwargs)
 

pandas/plotting/_core.py

@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ def _parse_errorbars(self, label, err):
         from pandas import DataFrame, Series
 
         def match_labels(data, e):
-            e = e.reindex_axis(data.index)
+            e = e.reindex(data.index)
             return e
 
         # key-matched DataFrame

pandas/tests/frame/test_alter_axes.py

@@ -436,6 +436,25 @@ def test_rename_axis_inplace(self):
         assert no_return is None
         assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
+    def test_rename_axis_warns(self):
+        # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/17833
+        df = pd.DataFrame({"A": [1, 2], "B": [1, 2]})
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as w:
+            df.rename_axis(id, axis=0)
+            assert 'rename' in str(w[0].message)
+
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as w:
+            df.rename_axis({0: 10, 1: 20}, axis=0)
+            assert 'rename' in str(w[0].message)
+
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as w:
+            df.rename_axis(id, axis=1)
+            assert 'rename' in str(w[0].message)
+
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as w:
+            df['A'].rename_axis(id)
+            assert 'rename' in str(w[0].message)
+
     def test_rename_multiindex(self):
 
         tuples_index = [('foo1', 'bar1'), ('foo2', 'bar2')]

pandas/tests/frame/test_axis_select_reindex.py

@@ -418,11 +418,13 @@ def test_reindex_fill_value(self):
         assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
         # reindex_axis
-        result = df.reindex_axis(lrange(15), fill_value=0., axis=0)
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning):
+            result = df.reindex_axis(lrange(15), fill_value=0., axis=0)
         expected = df.reindex(lrange(15)).fillna(0)
         assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
-        result = df.reindex_axis(lrange(5), fill_value=0., axis=1)
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning):
+            result = df.reindex_axis(lrange(5), fill_value=0., axis=1)
         expected = df.reindex(columns=lrange(5)).fillna(0)
         assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
@@ -1030,20 +1032,26 @@ def test_reindex_corner(self):
 
     def test_reindex_axis(self):
         cols = ['A', 'B', 'E']
-        reindexed1 = self.intframe.reindex_axis(cols, axis=1)
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as m:
+            reindexed1 = self.intframe.reindex_axis(cols, axis=1)
+            assert 'reindex' in str(m[0].message)
         reindexed2 = self.intframe.reindex(columns=cols)
         assert_frame_equal(reindexed1, reindexed2)
 
         rows = self.intframe.index[0:5]
-        reindexed1 = self.intframe.reindex_axis(rows, axis=0)
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as m:
+            reindexed1 = self.intframe.reindex_axis(rows, axis=0)
+            assert 'reindex' in str(m[0].message)
         reindexed2 = self.intframe.reindex(index=rows)
         assert_frame_equal(reindexed1, reindexed2)
 
         pytest.raises(ValueError, self.intframe.reindex_axis, rows, axis=2)
 
         # no-op case
         cols = self.frame.columns.copy()
-        newFrame = self.frame.reindex_axis(cols, axis=1)
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as m:
+            newFrame = self.frame.reindex_axis(cols, axis=1)
+            assert 'reindex' in str(m[0].message)
         assert_frame_equal(newFrame, self.frame)
 
     def test_reindex_with_nans(self):

pandas/tests/reshape/test_reshape.py

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def test_include_na(self):
                             'a': {0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0},
                             'b': {0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0}},
                            dtype=np.uint8)
-        exp_na = exp_na.reindex_axis(['a', 'b', nan], 1)
+        exp_na = exp_na.reindex(['a', 'b', nan], axis=1)
         # hack (NaN handling in assert_index_equal)
         exp_na.columns = res_na.columns
         assert_frame_equal(res_na, exp_na)
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ def test_basic_drop_first_NA(self):
                                   2: 0},
                             nan: {0: 0,
                                   1: 0,
-                                  2: 1}}, dtype=np.uint8).reindex_axis(
-                                      ['b', nan], 1)
+                                  2: 1}}, dtype=np.uint8).reindex(
+                                      ['b', nan], axis=1)
         assert_frame_equal(res_na, exp_na)
 
         res_just_na = get_dummies([nan], dummy_na=True, sparse=self.sparse,

pandas/tests/sparse/test_series.py

@@ -1414,6 +1414,12 @@ def test_deprecated_numpy_func_call(self):
                                                 check_stacklevel=False):
                     getattr(getattr(self, series), func)()
 
+    def test_deprecated_reindex_axis(self):
+        # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/17833
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning) as m:
+            self.bseries.reindex_axis([0, 1, 2])
+        assert 'reindex' in str(m[0].message)
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'datetime_type', (np.datetime64,

pandas/tests/test_multilevel.py

@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ def test_reindex_level_partial_selection(self):
         expected = self.frame.iloc[[0, 1, 2, 7, 8, 9]]
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
-        result = self.frame.T.reindex_axis(['foo', 'qux'], axis=1, level=0)
+        result = self.frame.T.reindex(['foo', 'qux'], axis=1, level=0)
         tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected.T)
 
         result = self.frame.loc[['foo', 'qux']]