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How to add a new column at the front of an existing R data frame?
Generally, when we add a new column to an existing R data frame that column is added at the end of the columns but we might need it at the front. This totally depends on our ease of use, familiarity with variables, and their need. We can add a new column at the front of an existing R data frame by using cbind function.
Example
Consider the below data frame −
ID <-1:20 Class <-rep(c("A","B","C","D"),times=5) df1 <-data.frame(ID,Class) df1
Output
ID Class 1 1 A 2 2 B 3 3 C 4 4 D 5 5 A 6 6 B 7 7 C 8 8 D 9 9 A 10 10 B 11 11 C 12 12 D 13 13 A 14 14 B 15 15 C 16 16 D 17 17 A 18 18 B 19 19 C 20 20 D
Now suppose that we want to add a new column Score at the front of the data frame, then it can be done as shown below −
Example
Score <-sample(1:100,20) df1 <-cbind(Score,df1) df1
Output
Score ID Class 1 87 1 A 2 99 2 B 3 90 3 C 4 13 4 D 5 100 5 A 6 50 6 B 7 51 7 C 8 89 8 D 9 70 9 A 10 72 10 B 11 36 11 C 12 12 12 D 13 98 13 A 14 93 14 B 15 86 15 C 16 2 16 D 17 35 17 A 18 34 18 B 19 67 19 C 20 44 20 D
Let’s have a look at another example −
Example
x1<-rnorm(20) x2<-rnorm(20,1) x3<-rnorm(20,5) df2<-data.frame(x1,x2,x3) df2
Output
x1 x2 x3 1 -0.78695273 -0.16032953 7.353717 2 0.42981155 1.43909343 3.984902 3 -0.37641622 1.20485374 5.290978 4 -1.21622907 0.30081866 6.565326 5 1.02927851 0.07337432 4.152882 6 0.43039700 -0.01348238 6.327660 7 -1.24557402 1.60498706 5.477046 8 -0.60272849 2.73440013 5.185251 9 0.66006939 0.65014947 5.253295 10 2.05074953 2.19918551 7.592227 11 0.49080818 2.02390100 6.074347 12 -1.73147942 0.95372485 3.403098 13 0.71088366 2.38650843 4.912411 14 0.01382291 -1.19527272 5.360768 15 -1.40104160 0.87244309 4.120040 16 1.25912367 -0.31699684 1.676665 17 -0.12747752 -0.42693514 4.532485 18 -0.72938651 1.87944163 5.431540 19 -1.21136136 1.39399158 4.396011 20 0.59961974 1.68892548 5.674447
Example
y<-rpois(20,2) df2<-cbind(y,df2) df2
Output
y x1 x2 x3 1 3 -0.78695273 -0.16032953 7.353717 2 2 0.42981155 1.43909343 3.984902 3 1 -0.37641622 1.20485374 5.290978 4 4 -1.21622907 0.30081866 6.565326 5 2 1.02927851 0.07337432 4.152882 6 1 0.43039700 -0.01348238 6.327660 7 3 -1.24557402 1.60498706 5.477046 8 1 -0.60272849 2.73440013 5.185251 9 2 0.66006939 0.65014947 5.253295 10 4 2.05074953 2.19918551 7.592227 11 5 0.49080818 2.02390100 6.074347 12 0 -1.73147942 0.95372485 3.403098 13 1 0.71088366 2.38650843 4.912411 14 3 0.01382291 -1.19527272 5.360768 15 2 -1.40104160 0.87244309 4.120040 16 1 1.25912367 -0.31699684 1.676665 17 3 -0.12747752 -0.42693514 4.532485 18 3 -0.72938651 1.87944163 5.431540 19 2 -1.21136136 1.39399158 4.396011 20 2 0.59961974 1.68892548 5.674447
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