The following works for data frames and matrices (you didn't say which
you were working with).

> x <- data.frame(V1=1:3,V2=4:6)
> x
 V1 V2
1 1 4
2 2 5
3 3 6
> colnames(x) <- c("Apple", "Orange")
> x
 Apple Orange
1   1    4
2   2    5
3   3    6
>

For a data frame, 'names(x) <- c("Apple", "Orange")' also works, because
a dataframe is stored internally as a list of columns.

-- Tony Plate

Ethan Johnsons wrote:
> A quick question please!
>
> How do you rename column names? i.e. V1 --> Apple; V2 --> Orange, etc.
>
> thx much
>
> ej
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