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set_names
Set names of a vector
Description
This is equivalent to stats::setNames(), with more features and
stricter argument checking.
Usage
set_names(x, nm = x, ...)
Arguments
x |
Vector to name. |
nm, ... |
Vector of names, the same length as You can specify names in the following ways:
|
Life cycle
set_names() is stable and exported in purrr.
Examples
set_names(1:4, c("a", "b", "c", "d"))
set_names(1:4, letters[1:4])
set_names(1:4, "a", "b", "c", "d")
# If the second argument is ommitted a vector is named with itself
set_names(letters[1:5])
# Alternatively you can supply a function
set_names(1:10, ~ letters[seq_along(.)])
set_names(head(mtcars), toupper)
# If the input vector is unnamed, it is first named after itself
# before the function is applied:
set_names(letters, toupper)
# `...` is passed to the function:
set_names(head(mtcars), paste0, "_foo")