Its possible to have otherwise illegal names by surrounding them in backticks:
> `...@b` <- 3 > `...@b` [1] 3 > `if` <- 55 > `if` [1] 55 Also note use of check.names=FALSE: > Lines <- "a...@b if + 1 2" > DF <- read.delim(textConnection(Lines), header = TRUE, check.names = FALSE) > DF a...@b if 1 1 2 On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Mike Miller <mbmille...@gmail.com> wrote: > Importing data with a header row using read.delim, one variable should be > named @5HTT but it is automatically renamed to X.5HTT, presumably because > the "@" is either unacceptable or misunderstood. I've tried to find out > what the rules are on variable names but have been unsuccessful. I'll bet > someone here can tell me where to look. Maybe it's hidden away in here > somewhere: > > http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.pdf > > Thanks in advance. > > Mike > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
