How do you rename a variable in R?

Question

If I have a variable

x <- "foo"

and another variable

y <- 1:5

is there a way I can rename y to foo while keeping it equal to 1:5?

sorry, what you suggested worked for what I asked specifically, but in my much more complicated code it keeps giving me an error. I assumed because what I was trying to preserve is a long vector, not a number, thats why I edited it. However, what you suggested does work for my edits, not sure what the issue is and my code is way to long to post so thats why I simplified it. I keep getting the error that I have an invalid first argument within assign. — D Gordon, Jun 12 '15 at 13:58
@akrun That should be an answer, no? To me, it's clear what's being asked here, though it may be a dupe. (And the answer I currently see below makes no sense to me.) — Frank, Jun 12 '15 at 16:01
@Frank It looks like a dupe. but I can't vote to close as I already voted for it. — akrun, Jun 12 '15 at 16:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '15 at 15:55

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You could use comment() so that foo was an attribute of y. For example, try:

x <- "foo"
y <- 1:5

comment(y) <- x

str(y)
attr(y, "comment")

answered Jun 12 '15 at 15:55

Daniel Anderson

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