set row names of dataset to be equal to another variable

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Hi guys, I need to set row names of this dataset to be equal to the polling id station variable. Then I have to use row name indexing to report the name of the polling station with psid 089/081.

I'm new to r, all help is highly appreciated.

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score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '18 at 08:17

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what about rownames(df) <- as.character(df$psid)?

answered Feb 15 '18 at 08:17

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '18 at 08:17

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very simple.

row.names(yourdf) <- yourdf$psid

answered Feb 15 '18 at 08:17

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set row names of dataset to be equal to another variable

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