Dear List, I wonder why when using read.csv(), if the column name contains a numeric i.e. a stock symbols-"0001.HK", it will automatically insert an "X" character to the column names - "X0001.HK".
Now I have to manually do a loop and use substring() to remove the "X" character. Any advice? Thanks Anthony ______________________________________________ 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.