dataframe rename column id r code example

Example 1: rename columns based on a variable in r

df <- rename(df, new_name = old_name) #For renaming dataframe column
 
tbl <- rename(tbl, new_name = old_name) #For renaming tibble column
 
tbl <- tbl %>% rename(new_name = old_name) #For renaming tibble column using dplyrpipe 
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Example 2: r rename column based on variable

rename(df, !!metric:=value)