Hi, Here are two options. Depending whether the data is already read in or being created, one or the other may be more useful to you
########### x1 <- matrix(1:4, ncol = 2) colnames(x1) <- c("First", "Second") #OR x2 <- matrix(1:4, ncol = 2, dimnames = list(NULL, c("First", "Second"))) x1 x2 ######### Cheers, Josh On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:08 PM, R Newbie <help0938...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone know how to assign (column names only) to a matrix? > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@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. > -- Joshua Wiley Ph.D. Student, Health Psychology University of California, Los Angeles http://www.joshuawiley.com/ ______________________________________________ R-help@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.