[R] naming columns of data frame

[Katharine Mullen]

when I try what you describe there is no problem -maybe send a
reproducible example.

> x<-data.frame(matrix(2,2,2))
> colnames(x) <- c("1.xx", "2.xx")
> x
  1.xx 2.xx
1    2    2
2    2    2


On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, kevinchang wrote:

>
> Hey,
>
> I am trying to make a data frame and the name of a column is composed of a
> number, a dot, and a word, such as "1.whatever". But I always get this error
> message:"syntax error, unexpected SYMBOL, expecting ',' in:" while printing
> data frame out . When I rename the column with purely letter, everything
> works fine. Some suggestion about the cause/ solution ?? Thanks.
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