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bookManipulating Columns

Data frames are flexible: you can add, remove, and rename columns as needed.

Adding Columns

To add a new column, assign a vector of values to a new column name. You can use either the dollar ($) sign or square brackets with quotes.

Example

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name <- c("Alex", "Julia", "Finn") age <- c(24, 43, 32) gender <- c("M", "F", "M") test <- data.frame(name, age, gender) # Adding a new column with job titles test$job <- c("Teacher", "Doctor", "Manager") test
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You could also do the same with:

test[, "Job"] <- c("Teacher", "Doctor", "Manager")
Note
Note

The length of the vector you add must match the number of rows in the data frame.

Deleting Columns

To remove one or more columns, use the subset() function with the select = -... argument.

Example

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name <- c("Alex", "Julia", "Finn") age <- c(24, 43, 32) gender <- c("M", "F", "M") test <- data.frame(name, age, gender) test$job <- c('Teacher', 'Doctor', 'Manager') # Drop a single column subset(test, select = -job) # Drop multiple columns subset(test, select = -c(age, gender))
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Renaming Columns

To rename columns, use the colnames() function. The syntax is the same as with matrices:

colnames(data) <- new_names
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You have a data frame store containing information on items and their prices from a small furniture store:

itemsprices
Sofa340
Armchair150
Dining table115
Dining chair45
Bookshelf160

You need to transform it into this table:

ItemPriceSold
Sofa34067
Armchair15081
Dining table11579
Dining chair4576
Bookshelf16042

Follow the next steps:

  1. Rename the columns names of store to c('Item', 'Price').
  2. Add new column Sold with the values of c(67, 81, 79, 76, 42).
  3. Output modified data frame.

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Data frames are flexible: you can add, remove, and rename columns as needed.

Adding Columns

To add a new column, assign a vector of values to a new column name. You can use either the dollar ($) sign or square brackets with quotes.

Example

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name <- c("Alex", "Julia", "Finn") age <- c(24, 43, 32) gender <- c("M", "F", "M") test <- data.frame(name, age, gender) # Adding a new column with job titles test$job <- c("Teacher", "Doctor", "Manager") test
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You could also do the same with:

test[, "Job"] <- c("Teacher", "Doctor", "Manager")
Note
Note

The length of the vector you add must match the number of rows in the data frame.

Deleting Columns

To remove one or more columns, use the subset() function with the select = -... argument.

Example

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name <- c("Alex", "Julia", "Finn") age <- c(24, 43, 32) gender <- c("M", "F", "M") test <- data.frame(name, age, gender) test$job <- c('Teacher', 'Doctor', 'Manager') # Drop a single column subset(test, select = -job) # Drop multiple columns subset(test, select = -c(age, gender))
copy

Renaming Columns

To rename columns, use the colnames() function. The syntax is the same as with matrices:

colnames(data) <- new_names
Taak

Swipe to start coding

You have a data frame store containing information on items and their prices from a small furniture store:

itemsprices
Sofa340
Armchair150
Dining table115
Dining chair45
Bookshelf160

You need to transform it into this table:

ItemPriceSold
Sofa34067
Armchair15081
Dining table11579
Dining chair4576
Bookshelf16042

Follow the next steps:

  1. Rename the columns names of store to c('Item', 'Price').
  2. Add new column Sold with the values of c(67, 81, 79, 76, 42).
  3. Output modified data frame.

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