Pure curiosity but does anyone know why '<-' and '=' generate different columning headers?
> test <- data.frame(V1=c(1,2,3), V2=c(4,5,6)) > test V1 V2 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 3 6 > test <- data.frame(V1<-c(1,2,3), V2<-c(4,5,6)) > test V1....c.1..2..3. V2....c.4..5..6. 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 3 6 > names(test) [1] "V1....c.1..2..3." "V2....c.4..5..6." [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.