[R] changing a specific column name

[Eik Vettorazzi]

almost there, just use
colnames(d)[ind] <- 'new name'

(order of brackets matters)

Am 28.04.2011 13:39, schrieb pdb:
> 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"
> 
> --
> View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/changing-a-specific-column-name-tp3480739p3480739.html
> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

-- 
Eik Vettorazzi
Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Epidemiologie
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg

T ++49/40/7410-58243
F ++49/40/7410-57790