colnames(dataset) <- c('name1','name2',..)
my_data %>% rename( sepal_length = Sepal.Length, sepal_width = Sepal.Width )
R> X <- data.frame(bad=1:3, worse=rnorm(3)) R> X bad worse 1 1 -2.440467 2 2 1.320113 3 3 -0.306639 R> colnames(X) <- c("good", "better") R> X good better 1 1 -2.440467 2 2 1.320113 3 3 -0.306639
colnames(df)[colnames(df) == "name"] <- "new_name"
# df = dataframe # old.var.name = The name you don't like anymore # new.var.name = The name you want to get names(df)[names(df) == 'old.var.name'] <- 'new.var.name'
names(df)[1] <- paste("newName")