Dear CE.KA, Try this: X=read.table(textConnection(" Var1 Var2 A 22 13 B 5 2 C 12 8 D 1 99"),header=TRUE) closeAllConnections()
X$Var3<-rownames(X) X HTH, Jorge On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:34 PM, CE.KA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi R users > > Imagine this data.frame: > >X > > Var1 Var2 > A 22 13 > B 5 2 > C 12 8 > D 1 99 > > A,B,C,D are the rows names (or index) > > Is there a way to create a new variable in this data frame > which name is Var3 and which contains the rows names: > > Var1 Var2 Var3 > A 22 13 A > B 5 2 B > C 12 8 C > D 1 99 D > > I tried as.data.frame(array(x, dim(x), dimnames(x))) > but it doesn'work > > Sincerely yours > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/I-want-my-row-name-to-be-a-variable-tp20520180p20520180.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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.