Or you dplyr
library(dplyr)
d <- data.frame(alpha=1:3, beta=4:6, gamma=7:9)
mm <- "beta"
rename_(d, "two" = mm, "three" = "gamma")
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2016-05-02 19:49 GMT+02:00 Boris Steipe <boris.steipe at utoronto.ca>:
> You need to learn about proper subsetting, and the names() function.
> Consider the following:
>
> R > d <- data.frame(alpha=1:3, beta=4:6, gamma=7:9)
> R > d
> alpha beta gamma
> 1 1 4 7
> 2 2 5 8
> 3 3 6 9
> R > names(d)
> [1] "alpha" "beta" "gamma"
> R > names(d) == "beta"
> [1] FALSE TRUE FALSE
> R > names(d)[names(d) == "beta"] <- "two"
> R > d
> alpha two gamma
> 1 1 4 7
> 2 2 5 8
> 3 3 6 9
>
> R > names(d)[3] <- "three"
> R > d
> alpha two three
> 1 1 4 7
> 2 2 5 8
> 3 3 6 9
>
>
>
> B.
> (I can't even ...)
>
>
>
>
> On May 2, 2016, at 1:27 PM, jpm miao <miaojpm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Could someone suggest a way to rename a data frame column? For
example,
> > I want to rename the column beta, but I can't do it this way
> >
> >> d <- data.frame(alpha=1:3, beta=4:6, gamma=7:9)
> >> mm<-"beta"
> >> rename(d, c(mm="two",
"gamma"="three"))
> > The following `from` values were not present in `x`: mm
> > alpha beta three
> > 1 1 4 7
> > 2 2 5 8
> > 3 3 6 9
> >
> > ********
> > Of course this would work
> >
> >> rename(d, c("beta"="two",
"gamma"="three"))
> > alpha two three
> > 1 1 4 7
> > 2 2 5 8
> > 3 3 6 9
> >
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