use first row data as column names in r

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I have a dirty dataset that I could not read it with header = T. After I read and clean it, I would like to use the now first row data as the column name. I tri

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失恋的感觉

2020-12-05 10:44

header.true <- function(df) {
  names(df) <- as.character(unlist(df[1,]))
  df[-1,]
}

Test

df1 <- data.frame(c("a", 1,2,3), c("b", 4,5,6))
header.true(df1)
  a b
2 1 4
3 2 5
4 3 6

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悲哀的现实

2020-12-05 10:46

Probably, the data type of the data frame columns are factors. That is why the code you tried didn't work, you can check it using str(df):
First option

Use the argument stringsAsFactors = FALSEwhen you import your data:

df <- read.table(text =  "V1    V2  V3  V4  V5
                        col1    col2    col3    col4 col5
                        row1    2   4   5   56
                        row2    74  74  3   534
                        row3    865 768 8   7
                        row4    68  86  65  87", header = TRUE, 
                        stringsAsFactors = FALSE )

Then you can use your first attempt, then remove your first row if you'd like:

colnames(df) <- df[1,]
df <- df[-1, ]

Second option

It will work if your columns are factors or characters:

names(df) <- lapply(df[1, ], as.character)
df <- df[-1,]

Output:

  col1 col2 col3 col4 col5
2 row1    2    4    5   56
3 row2   74   74    3  534
4 row3  865  768    8    7
5 row4   68   86   65   87

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