[R] combine column names

[David Winsemius]

On May 1, 2009, at 2:55 PM, SEUNG CHEON HONG wrote:

> Dear R-list,
>
> Is there any way I can extract part or whole column name from two
> variables and combine them? Not values, but column names.
> For example,
> I have data set with 70 variables. The column names are "Alfalfa",
> "Corn","Soybean",..."Sunflower". After I combine the two variable (say
> Alfalfa and Corn), I want to rename it as "AlfCor" or "AlfalfaCorn"
> automatically not manually.
>
> In excel, I found the function combining two texts in individual
> columns using (=A1&B1, if you want to combine texts in the two  
> cells.).

?paste
?colnames

David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT