[R] Renaming columns in data.frame, inserting/removing columns from data.frame

[Witold Eryk Wolski]

Ken Termiso wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm hoping that there is an easier way to rename columns in a data 
> frame other than by using the names() assignment, which requires you 
> to type in all the column names at once for a data.frame, in the case 
> that I simply want to rename a single column in a data frame.
>

names(mydataframe)[column.index]<-"new.name"

> Also, is there an easy way to move columns in a data frame around 
> relative to the other columns?
>
?subset
or
mydataframe[c("column3","column2","column1")]

> Thanks in advance,
> Ken
>
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