[R] Column renaming

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 5/5/2008 10:48 AM, Chip Barnaby wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Is there a less cumbersome way to rename a column by name (as opposed 
> to index) than --
> 
> names( X)[ names[ X] == "bob"]<-"sue"

I find this clearer:

X$sue <- X$bob
X$bob <- NULL

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> ?
> 
> A semi-related question: how does one get the index of a column by 
> name, something along the lines of col.index( X, "sue") ?
> 
> 
> Chip Barnaby
> 
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