[R] question regarding names() value assignment

[Alex Buerkle]

Many thanks, that did it.

Alex

On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Thomas Lumley wrote:

> > > names(tmp[2])
> > [1] "again"
> > 
> > Can anyone explain this behavior to me?
> 
> tmp[2] is a copy of the second column of tmp. You change the name on this
> copy, which is then discarded. 
> 
> You mean 
> 
> 	names(tmp)[2]<-"again"
> 
> 
> Thomas Lumley
> Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
> University of Washington, Seattle

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