The following works for data frames and matrices (you didn't say which you were working with).
> x <- data.frame(V1=1:3,V2=4:6) > x V1 V2 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 3 6 > colnames(x) <- c("Apple", "Orange") > x Apple Orange 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 3 6 > For a data frame, 'names(x) <- c("Apple", "Orange")' also works, because a dataframe is stored internally as a list of columns. -- Tony Plate Ethan Johnsons wrote: > A quick question please! > > How do you rename column names? i.e. V1 --> Apple; V2 --> Orange, etc. > > thx much > > ej > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.