change column name in R dataframe code example
Example 1: r set dataframe column names
R> X <- data.frame(bad=1:3, worse=rnorm(3))
R> X
bad worse
1 1 -2.440467
2 2 1.320113
3 3 -0.306639
R> colnames(X) <- c("good", "better")
R> X
good better
1 1 -2.440467
2 2 1.320113
3 3 -0.306639
Example 2: r change column name in dataframe
df <- df %>%
rename(newName1 = oldName1 ,
newName2 = oldName2)
Example 3: how to change column names in r
colnames(dataset) <- c('name1','name2',..)
Example 4: r dataframe change column name
names(df)[1] <- paste("newName")
Example 5: r rename column based on variable
df %>% rename(!!variable := name_of_col_from_df)