editor: not possible to change the variable name
Hi Matthias, If you know the column number you want to change, it is pretty straightforward. ## use the builtin mtcars dataset as an example ## and store it in variable, 'x' x <- mtcars ## change the second column name to "cylinder" colnames(x)[2] <- "cylinder" ## compare the column names of 'x' with the unchanged 'mtcars' colnames(mtcars) colnames(x) You might also consider R-sig mac if it is at all related to your OS. I have never really used macs so I am unfamiliar with Rs default interface on them, though I would assume it is similar. Good luck, Josh
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Matthias Neff <MatthiasNeff at gmx.ch> wrote:
Hello Joshua, Thank you for your prompt reply I am using: R version 2.13.0 (2011-04-13) Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) The problem is that the part where a window should pop up just doesn't happen: I can click on the variable name as often as I want, nothing happens. Maybe this is a problem specific to the mac version of R. Do you know if there is an alternative way to change the variable name? Have a good day, Matthias On 06.05.2011, at 21:25, Joshua Wiley wrote:
Hi Matthias, What do you mean by "that doesn't work"? ?What platform are you using? ?Using:
sessionInfo()
R version 2.13.0 (2011-04-13) Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) fix(mydataframe) brings up the data editor, then if I click a variable name, and change it and shut down the data editor, it works just fine for me. ?You could also use the menu to bring up the editor. ?More information about the steps you are trying, the version of R, and exactly what is going wrong will help us help you. Best regards, Josh On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:32 AM, tornanddesperate <MatthiasNeff at gmx.ch> wrote:
Hi again everybody I have I new problem concerning the editor of R. It is possible to ?add a new variable column, but they all have the name "var1".I read somewhere that it should be possible to change the variable name by clicking on it, but that doesn't work. Is that a bug or how is it possible to change the variable header? Many thanks Matthias -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/editor-not-possible-to-change-the-variable-name-tp3503864p3503864.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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