Rename a column

Side_0o_Effect's https://stackoverflow.com/a/16490387

rename_col(data, old_name, new_name, ...)

Arguments

data

data with columns to rename

old_name

old name - no need to "quote"

new_name

new name - no need to "quote"

Examples

dt <- data.frame(a = 1, b = 2)
rename(dt, a, b)
#> Error in rename(dt, a, b): All renaming inputs must be named.
rename(dt, a, a, unique = TRUE)
#> Error in rename(dt, a, a, unique = TRUE): Can't rename columns with `TRUE`.
#> ✖ `TRUE` must be numeric or character, not `TRUE`.