R: Rename variables

var_rename {sjmisc} | R Documentation

## Rename variables

### Description

This function renames variables in a data frame, i.e. it renames the columns of the data frame.

### Usage

    var_rename(x, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | A data frame.
`...` | Pairs of named vectors, where the name (lhs) equals the column name that should be renamed, and the value (rhs) is the new column name.

### Value

`x`, with new column names for those variables specified in `...`.

### Examples

    # Set variable labels for data frame
    dummy <- data.frame(a = sample(1:4, 10, replace = TRUE),
                        b = sample(1:4, 10, replace = TRUE),
                        c = sample(1:4, 10, replace = TRUE))

    var_rename(dummy, a = "first.col", c = "3rd.col")

[Package sjmisc version 2.7.5 Index]