[R] rename cols

[Christos Hatzis]

Try this:

old.colnames <- colnames(my.439.vars.df)
old.colnames[old.colnames=="fksm"] <- "new.name.a" 
old.colnames[old.colnames=="klmk"] <- "new.name.b"

I don't think it would be too complicated to put this into a function.

-Christos

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Anupam Tyagi
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:34 AM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] rename cols

For a newcomer who wants to rename variable "fksm" and "klmk" in a dataframe
of with 439 variables there is not easy and intuitive solution. That person
has to spend a lot of time listing columns and counting columns or doing
string searches or using brackets within brackets within brackets to get a
simple thing done. Is there a simple function or solution to this in R
without using an add-on package?

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