| names {base} | R Documentation |
The Names Attribute of an Object
Description
Functions to get or set the names of an object.
Usage
names(x, ...)
names(x) <- value
Arguments
x |
an R object. |
value |
a character vector of the same length as |
Value
For names, NULL or a character vector of the same length
as x.
For names<-, the updated object. (Note that the value of
names(x) <- value is that of the assignment, value, not
the return value from the left-hand side.)
Examples
# print the names attribute of the islands data set
names(islands)
# remove the names attribute
names(islands) <- NULL
z <- list(a=1, b="c", c=1:3)
names(z)
# change just the name of the third element.
names(z)[3] <- "c2"
z