append_colnames

add a string to beginning and/or ending of all the column names

Usage

append_colnames(data, prefix = NULL, suffix = NULL)

Arguments

data

data.frame that contains the column names to change with a prefix

prefix

string to add to the beginning of all of the column names of the data.frame

suffix

string to add to the end of all of the column names of the data.frame

Value

data.frame with new column names with prefix string appended to the column names

Examples

df <- append_colnames(carData::Salaries, prefix = 'p_', suffix = '_s')
head(df)
#>    p_rank_s p_discipline_s p_yrs.since.phd_s p_yrs.service_s p_sex_s p_salary_s
#> 1      Prof              B                19              18    Male     139750
#> 2      Prof              B                20              16    Male     173200
#> 3  AsstProf              B                 4               3    Male      79750
#> 4      Prof              B                45              39    Male     115000
#> 5      Prof              B                40              41    Male     141500
#> 6 AssocProf              B                 6               6    Male      97000