pandas-df-variable-name (PD901)

Derived from the pandas-vet linter.

Warning: This rule is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Deprecated

This rule has been deprecated as it's highly opinionated and overly strict in most cases.

What it does

Checks for assignments to the variable df.

Why is this bad?

Although df is a common variable name for a Pandas DataFrame, it's not a great variable name for production code, as it's non-descriptive and prone to name conflicts.

Instead, use a more descriptive variable name.

Example

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv("animals.csv")

Use instead:

import pandas as pd

animals = pd.read_csv("animals.csv")