Add Suffix to Column Names
addSuffixToColumns(data, suffix, except = NULL)
data | data frame |
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suffix | suffix to be added to each column name except the columns given
in |
except | names of columns to which no suffix is to be given |
data
with renamed columns
d1 <- data.frame(id = 1, a = 2, b = 3) d2 <- data.frame(id = 1, c = 2, d = 3) # Using merge the origin of the column gets lost merge(d1, d2)#> id a b c d #> 1 1 2 3 2 3# Add a suffix before merging merge( addSuffixToColumns(d1, ".first", except = "id"), addSuffixToColumns(d2, ".second", except = "id"), by = "id" )#> id a.first b.first c.second d.second #> 1 1 2 3 2 3