R Don’t Change Blank to Point when Using data.frame (Example Code)
In this R tutorial you’ll learn how to create a data frame with spaces in the variable names.
Creating Example Data
df_point <- data.frame("col A" = c("F", "Y", "X", "Y"), # data.frame changes blanks to points "col B" = letters[20:17], "col C" = "o") df_point # col.A col.B col.C # 1 F t o # 2 Y s o # 3 X r o # 4 Y q o |
df_point <- data.frame("col A" = c("F", "Y", "X", "Y"), # data.frame changes blanks to points "col B" = letters[20:17], "col C" = "o") df_point # col.A col.B col.C # 1 F t o # 2 Y s o # 3 X r o # 4 Y q o
Example: Keep Spaces in Variable Names when Creating Data Frame
df_blank <- data.frame("col A" = c("F", "Y", "X", "Y"), # Using check.names argument to keep blanks "col B" = letters[20:17], "col C" = "o", check.names = FALSE) df_blank # col A col B col C # 1 F t o # 2 Y s o # 3 X r o # 4 Y q o |
df_blank <- data.frame("col A" = c("F", "Y", "X", "Y"), # Using check.names argument to keep blanks "col B" = letters[20:17], "col C" = "o", check.names = FALSE) df_blank # col A col B col C # 1 F t o # 2 Y s o # 3 X r o # 4 Y q o
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