[R] Change One Column Name in Data Frame

[R. Michael Weylandt]

x <- data.frame(a = 1:5, b = rnorm(5))

colnames(x)

colnames(x)[2] <- "Cow"

x

HTH,
Michael

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>  The data frame has 61 columns and one column name needs to be changed. The
> colnames() function can be used to change all of them when passed a vector
> of names, but can it also change a single name? If not, is there a way to
> change just the one column name?
>
> Rich
>
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