r set column values as rownames in dataframe
# Basic syntax: rownames(your_dataframe) <- your_dataframe[,1] your_dataframe[,1] <- NULL # Example usage: # Say you have the following dataframe and want to set the values of # col1 as the rownames and then remove col1, here's how to do it names col1 col2 col3 1 A 1 5 2 B 2 4 3 C 3 3 4 D 4 2 5 E 5 1 rownames(your_dataframe) <- your_dataframe[,1] your_dataframe[,1] <- NULL # Which would produce: names col1 col2 A 1 5 B 2 4 C 3 3 D 4 2 E 5 1
