[R] add columns to a data.frame

[Christoph Lange]

(Reply to juan pablo perez)

> Dear R community:
> 
> it is possible to add a column wich results from an algebraic combination of 
> columns from a data frame to the same data frame?
> 
> e.g
> 
> I have a data frame like
> $X: num[1:10] 10,20,25,20...
> $Y: num[1:10] 152,458,698,587,...
> and I want to add a new column like
> $Z where Z=X+5*Y
> 
> what should I do?

Use

  cbind.data.frame



Christoph.
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