Eric Schulte <eric.schu...@gmx.com> writes: > Andreas Leha <andreas.l...@med.uni-goettingen.de> writes: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a question regarding colnames in babel source blocks. >> >> Suppose, I have a source block (in R) that has as input a table and returns a >> table. And I would like to have the resulting table with column >> names, but the input table does not have column names. >> >> How can I achieve this? >> >> >> Here is an example: >> >> The input table >> >> #+name: intab >> | bla | >> | blu | >> >> >> By default, the colnames are stripped off the result: >> >> #+begin_src R :var intab=intab >> colnames(intab) <- "rara" >> >> intab >> #+end_src >> >> #+results: >> | bla | >> | blu | >> >> >> The same happens when setting :colnames no >> >> #+begin_src R :var intab=intab :colnames no >> colnames(intab) <- "rara" >> >> intab >> #+end_src >> >> #+results: >> | bla | >> | blu | >> >> >> Setting :colnames yes strips the first row from the input: >> >> #+begin_src R :var intab=intab :colnames yes >> colnames(intab) <- "rara" >> >> intab >> #+end_src >> >> #+results: >> | rara | >> |------| >> | blu | >> >> >> Finally, setting :colnames nil also strips the first row from the input: >> >> #+begin_src R :var intab=intab :colnames nil >> colnames(intab) <- "rara" >> >> intab >> #+end_src >> >> #+results: >> | rara | >> |------| >> | blu | >> >> >> Regards, >> Andreas >> >> > > It almost seems like there should be two columnames options, one for > input and one for output. This would add complexity but would make use > cases like yours above feasible. > > Does this sound reasonable?
Definitely. Just as Tom also suggested. I would very much welcome such new feature. Regards, Andreas
