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R function: setNames

setNames(v, n) is a shorthand form for names(v) <- n. 
vec_a <- setNames(c( 42, 99, 3, 18, 5), c('val_1', 'val_2', 'val_3', 'val_4', 'val_5'))

vec_a
#
# val_1 val_2 val_3 val_4 val_5 
#    42    99     3    18     5 

vec_b <- c( 5, 27, 13, 48, 19)
names(vec_b) <- c('val_1', 'val_2', 'val_3', 'val_4', 'val_5')

vec_b
#
# val_1 val_2 val_3 val_4 val_5 
#     5    27    13    48    19
Github repository about-r, path: /functions/setNames.R

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setNames() is used on objects where the names attribute makes sense.

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