setNames
Attach a names attribute to an object

Description

Returns the input object with a new names attributes.

Usage

setNames(object = nm, nm)

Arguments

object any object that accepts a names attribute; a vector of any type.
nm a vector of character strings or an object that can be coerced to a vector of character strings. The length must be less than or equal to the length of object. If you specify NULL, the function deletes the names attribute of object.

Details

setNames(x, nm) performs the same action as names(x) <- nm except that setNames returns the modification of x but does not modify x.
Value
returns an object with the newly assigned names attribute.
See Also
names
Examples
setNames(1:3, c("one", "two", "three"))
setNames(nm = 1:5)
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