Try this also: cbind(dataTest, `colnames<-`(cbind(new.data[1:nrow(dataTest)]), name))
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Ralf B <ralf.bie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have this (non-working) script: > > dataTest <- data.frame(col1=c(1,2,3)) > new.data <- c(1,2) > name <- "test" > n.row <- dim(dataTest)[1] > length(new.data) <- n.row > names(new.data) <- name > cbind(dataTest, name=new.data) > print(dataTest) > > and would like to bind the new column 'new.data' to 'dataTest' by > using the value of the variable 'name' as the column name. > > The end result should look like this: > > col1 test > 1 1 1 > 2 2 2 > 3 3 NA > > > The best I got was that 'name' became the column name but never the > actual value of 'name'. How can i do that? > > (This is actually a function that runs many time -- this means a > manual workaround is not feasible). > > Ralf > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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