I only have one column so when I try your suggestion, I get dsays, "attempt to set colnames on object with less than two dimensions. It is of class zoo but I guess something changes during that addition that I am too much of a novice to understand.
This is what a dput gives. There is no dim in the dput which is probably what the problem is but I don't know how to fix it. Thanks. structure(c(4.77126598671015, 4.7716359319335, 4.77176152623894, 4.77196709472722, 4.77218067995761, 4.77213077515643, 4.77200790109121, 4.77203963822312, 4.7719973218234, 4.771903278968, 4.77183227075241, 4.77182803831544, 4.77181216651724, 4.77182803831544, 4.77197193112401, 4.77198938729909, 4.77201612933324, 4.77202905929107, 4.7720184802471, 4.77188623275365, 4.77181745714463, 4.77187036187909, 4.77187036187909, 4.77187036187909, 4.77182803831544, 4.77182803831544, 4.77174338581391, 4.77179982161115, 4.77174338581391, 4.77182199194583, 4.77179417817475, 4.77174338581391, 4.77174338581391, 4.77179982161115, 4.77182803831544, 4.77182803831544, 4.77187036187909, 4.77191268365153, 4.7719338438661, 4.77191268365153, 4.77176690111649, 4.77188094249012, 4.77189857659306, 4.77212752040897, 4.77224143026734, 4.77240630536398), index = structure(c(1144022520, 1144022580, 1144022640, 1144022700, 1144022760, 1144022820, 1144022880, 1144022940, 1144023000, 1144023060, 1144023120, 1144023180, 1144023240, 1144023300, 1144023360, 1144023420, 1144023480, 1144023540, 1144023600, 1144023660, 1144023720, 1144023780, 1144023840, 1144023900, 1144023960, 1144024020, 1144024080, 1144024140, 1144024200, 1144024260, 1144024320, 1144024380, 1144024440, 1144024500, 1144024560, 1144024620, 1144024680, 1144024740, 1144024800, 1144024860, 1144024920, 1144024980, 1144025040, 1144025100, 1144025160, 1144025220), class = c("POSIXt", "POSIXct" )), class = "zoo", .Names = c("1144022520", "1144022580", "1144022640", "1144022700", "1144022760", "1144022820", "1144022880", "1144022940", "1144023000", "1144023060", "1144023120", "1144023180", "1144023240", "1144023300", "1144023360", "1144023420", "1144023480", "1144023540", "1144023600", "1144023660", "1144023720", "1144023780", "1144023840", "1144023900", "1144023960", "1144024020", "1144024080", "1144024140", "1144024200", "1144024260", "1144024320", "1144024380", "1144024440", "1144024500", "1144024560", "1144024620", "1144024680", "1144024740", "1144024800", "1144024860", "1144024920", "1144024980", "1144025040", "1144025100", "1144025160", "1144025220")) -----Original Message----- From: Leeds, Mark (IED) Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:39 PM To: 'Horace Tso'; r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: RE: [R] putting a column name on a zoo object let me try colnames. I thought I tried that earlier and got an error but I've been wrong before. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Horace Tso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:29 PM To: Leeds, Mark (IED); r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] putting a column name on a zoo object Mark, What's wrong with the following, > head(sp.z) Open High Low Close Volume Adj..Close. 2000-01-03 1469.25 1478.00 1438.36 1455.22 931800000 1455.22 2000-01-04 1455.22 1455.22 1397.43 1399.42 1009000000 1399.42 2000-01-05 1399.42 1413.27 1377.68 1402.11 1085500032 1402.11 2000-01-06 1402.11 1411.90 1392.10 1403.45 1092300032 1403.45 2000-01-07 1403.45 1441.47 1400.73 1441.47 1225200000 1441.47 2000-01-10 1441.47 1464.36 1441.47 1457.60 1064800000 1457.60 colnames(sp.z) [1] "Open" "High" "Low" "Close" "Volume" [6] "Adj..Close." > colnames(sp.z)[1] = "OPEN" > colnames(sp.z) [1] "OPEN" "High" "Low" "Close" "Volume" [6] "Adj..Close." HTH. Horace W. Tso >>> "Leeds, Mark (IED)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/14/2006 1:21:33 PM >>> does anyone know how to put a column name on a zoo object. I think achim and gabor are off line or they have gotten totally tired of me an decided to ignore me ( which is totalyy understandable ). logbidask<-log((aggfxdata[,"bid"] + aggfxdata[,"ask"])/2.0) logbidask doesn't have a name and I can't figure out how to get one on it ? aggfxdata is a zoo object. -------------------------------------------------------- This is not an offer (or solicitation of an offer) to buy/se...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ 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. -------------------------------------------------------- This is not an offer (or solicitation of an offer) to buy/se...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ 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.