Yes, just in the list. If they want change the name in Environment GlobalEnv:
for(i in ls(pattern = "DF[0-9]")) assign(i, `names<-`(get(i), c("SDev","PC1", "PC2", "PC3", "PC4", "PC5", "PC6")), globalenv()) On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Linlin Yan <yanlinli...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems that the names of original data frames have not changed in > this way. I guess textConnection() could help, like this: > > for (name in objects(pattern = "df[0-9]")) > eval(parse(textConnection(paste('names(', name, ') <- > column_names')))) > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Henrique Dallazuanna <www...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> You can try this: >> >> lapply(lapply(ls(pattern = 'DF[0-9]'), get), >> 'names<-', c("SDev","PC1", "PC2", "PC3", "PC4", "PC5", "PC6")) >> >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Nikos Alexandris >> <nikos.alexand...@felis.uni-freiburg.de> wrote: >>> Greets to the list! >>> >>> I am aware that this topic has been discussed several times. And I've >>> read quite some related posts [1]. Yet, can't seem to give a solution to >>> my problem. >>> >>> I have 6 data frames consisting of 6 rows x 7 columns put together from >>> other data.frames. >>> >>> Something like: >>> >>> a b c d e f g >>> v1 # # # # # # # >>> v2 # # # # # # # >>> v3 # # # # # # # >>> v4 # # # # # # # >>> v5 # # # # # # # >>> v6 # # # # # # # >>> >>> >>> I want to give the following column names to each data.frame: ("SDev", >>> "PC1", "PC2", "PC3", "PC4", "PC5", "PC6") >>> >>> Works fine for one data.frame: >>> column_names <- c("SDev", "PC1", "PC2", "PC3", "PC4", "PC5", "PC6") >>> names( df1 ) <- column_names >>> >>> How is it to be done at once for all data.frames that the function >>> objects(pattern = "SomePattern") can find? >>> >>> I've tried several things with assign, get, paste, for but I am not >>> getting anywhere. I need to integrate this in a function that can handle >>> lot's of data.frames and not only 6. >>> >>> Thank you, Nikos >>> >>> >>> --- >>> [1] I am stuck on this post: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch/msg32063.html>. >>> >>> It reads: >>> >>> dframes <- c("a","b","c") >>> cols <- c("one","two") >>> df <- data.frame(11:20, 21:30) >>> names(df) <- cols >>> assign(dframes[2], df) >>> >>> Can't understand the logic behind the "[2]". >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Henrique Dallazuanna >> Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil >> 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ 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.