Append Rownames to a Data Frame

Append rownames to a data.frame as first column.

AppendRowNames(x, names = "rownames", after = 0, remove_rownames = TRUE)

Arguments

x

a data.frame

names

the name of the new inserted column containing the rownames.

after

a subscript, after which the values are to be appended. If missing the rownames will be inserted as first column.

remove_rownames

logical defining if the existing rownames should be removed. Default is TRUE.

Value

the object x with appended rownames

Author

Andri Signorell <andri@signorell.net>

See also

Append

Examples

(dd <- data.frame(x=1:5, y=6:10, z=LETTERS[1:5], 
                  row.names = letters[1:5]))
#>   x  y z
#> a 1  6 A
#> b 2  7 B
#> c 3  8 C
#> d 4  9 D
#> e 5 10 E
AppendRowNames(dd)
#>   rownames x  y z
#> 1        a 1  6 A
#> 2        b 2  7 B
#> 3        c 3  8 C
#> 4        d 4  9 D
#> 5        e 5 10 E