renamevars

Rename variables in table.

📝Syntax

TB = renamevars(TA, varsNames, newNames)

📥Input Arguments

Parameter	Description
TA	Input table.
varsNames	Variable names in input table: character vector, string array or cell array of character vectors.
newNames	New names for variables: character vector, string array or cell array of character vectors.

📤Output Arguments

Parameter	Description
TB	Table object with variable names modified.

📄Description

TB = renamevars(TA, varsNames, newNames) renames the variables in the table TA as specified by varsNames and assigns them the new names provided in newNames.

You can also rename all the variables in a table by assigning new names to its VariableNames property using T.Properties.VariableNames = newNames.

In this case, newNames must be a string array or a cell array of character vectors.

💡Examples

C = {'John', 28, true; 'Alice', 35, false; 'Bob', 42, true};
% Convert the cell array to a table
T1 = cell2table(C);
T2 = renamevars(T1, {'C1', 'C2'}, {'Name', 'Age'})
T3 = cell2table(C);
T3.Properties.VariableNames = {'Name', 'Age', 'Married'};
T3

🔗See Also

table removevars

🕔Version History

Version	Description
1.9.0	initial version

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