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@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 ______________________________________________ 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.
