are you looking for assign()? On Jan 17, 2013 1:56 PM, <mtb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello R-helpers, > > I have run the following line of code: > > x<-dat$col > > and now I would like to assign names(x) to be "dat$col" (e.g., a character > string equal to the column name that I assigned to x). > > What I am trying to do is to assign columns in my dataframe to new objects > called x and y. Then I will use x and y within a new function to make plots > with informative axis labels (e.g., "dat$col" instead of "x". So, for > example, I would like to plot (y~x,xlab=names(x)) and have "dat$col" > printed in the x-axis label. I can do this all manually, by typing > > names(x)<- "dat$col) > > but I'd like to do it with non-specific code within my function so I don't > have to type the variable names manually each time. > > Many thanks, > > Mark Na > > [[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. > [[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.
