[R] changing a specific column name

[Breheny, Patrick]

> colnames(d)[ind] <- 'new name'
> colnames(d)
[1] "Sepal.Length" "Sepal.Width"  "Petal.Length" "Petal.Width"  "new name"    

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From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of pdb
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:39 AM
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Subject: [R] changing a specific column name

Hi,

Can someone please tell me how to change the column name of a specific
column. How do I change the name of the column 'Species'?

Thanks in advance


d <- iris

colnames(d)
[1] "Sepal.Length" "Sepal.Width"  "Petal.Length" "Petal.Width"  "Species"     

ind <- which(names(d)=='Species')

ind
[1] 5

colnames(d[ind])
[1] "Species"

colnames(d[ind]) <- 'new name'

colnames(d[ind])
[1] "Species"

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