[Rd] One step way to create data frame with variable "variable names"?

[Gabor Grothendieck]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Paul Johnson <pauljohn32 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Suppose
>
> plotx <- "someName"
> modx <- "otherName"
> plotxRange <- c(10,20)
> modxVals <- c(1,2,3)
>
> It often happens I want to create a dataframe or object with plotx or
> modx as the variable names.  But can't understand syntax to do that.
>
> I can get this done in 2 steps, creating the data frame and then
> assigning names, as in
>
> newdf <- data.frame( c(1, 2, 3, 4), c(4, 4, 4, 4))
> colnames(newdf) <- c(plotx, modx)
>
> I was trying to hit this in one step, but can't find how.  If I could
> get this in one step, it would simplify some book keeping, because
> this current method requires me to build up the name vector to match
> newdf, and sometimes I make mistakes.
>
> After the data.frame already exists, I understand I can insert new
> variables using the variable names with syntax like
>
> newdf[[plotx]] <- c(23, 23, 23, 23)
>


Try this:

newdf <- setNames(data.frame( c(1, 2, 3, 4), c(4, 4, 4, 4)), c(plotx, modx))

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