setNames
Set the Names in an Object
This is a convenience function that sets the names on an object and returns the object. It is most useful at the end of a function definition where one is creating the object to be returned and would prefer not to store it under a name just so the names can be assigned.
- Keywords
- list
Usage
setNames(object = nm, nm)Arguments
- object
an object for which a
namesattribute will be meaningful- nm
a character vector of names to assign to the object
Value
An object of the same sort as object with the new names assigned.
See Also
unname for removing names.
Examples
library(stats)
# NOT RUN {
setNames( 1:3, c("foo", "bar", "baz") )
# this is just a short form of
tmp <- 1:3
names(tmp) <- c("foo", "bar", "baz")
tmp
## special case of character vector, using default
setNames(nm = c("First", "2nd"))
# }
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