Change Names of a Named Object
rename changes the names of a named object.
rename(x, ..., gsub = FALSE, fixed = TRUE, warn = TRUE)
x |
Any named object |
... |
A sequence of named arguments, all of type character |
gsub |
a logical value; if TRUE, |
fixed |
a logical value, passed to |
warn |
a logical value; should a warning be issued if those names to change are not found? |
This function changes the names of x according to the
remaining arguments.
If gsub is FALSE, argument tags are the old
names, the values are the new names.
If gsub is TRUE, arguments are substrings of the names
that are substituted by the argument values.
The object x with new names defined by the ... arguments.
x <- c(a=1, b=2)
rename(x,a="A",b="B")
str(rename(iris,
Sepal.Length="Sepal_Length",
Sepal.Width ="Sepal_Width",
Petal.Length="Petal_Length",
Petal.Width ="Petal_Width"
))
str(rename(iris,
.="_"
,gsub=TRUE))
# Since version 0.99.22 - the following also works:
str(rename(iris,
Sepal.Length=Sepal_Length,
Sepal.Width =Sepal_Width,
Petal.Length=Petal_Length,
Petal.Width =Petal_Width
))Please choose more modern alternatives, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.