programmatically rename columns in dplyr

Question

I can rename column in dplyr like this:

mtcars %>% dplyr::rename(\'cylinder\'=cyl)

However, if I would like to change column names progr

Answer 1

The simplest solution currently to programmatically rename in dplyr is to use the tripple bang (!!!)

library(dplyr)
cnames = c('cylinder' = 'cyl', 'mile_per_gallon' = 'mpg')
mtcars %>% rename(!!!cnames)