var_labels-set: Set label attributes of all variables in a 'data.frame'
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var_labels<-

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Set label attributes of all variables in a `data.frame`

Description

Variable labels can be stored as the label attribute for each variable. This functions sets all non-missing (non-NA) variable labels in a data.frame.

Usage

var_labels(x) <- value

Arguments

`x`	(`data.frame`) a data frame object.
`value`	(`character`) a vector of new variable labels. If any values are `NA`, the label for that variable is removed.

Value

x with modified variable labels.

Examples

x <- iris
var_labels(x)
var_labels(x) <- paste("label for", names(iris))
var_labels(x)

if (interactive()) {
  View(x) # in RStudio data viewer labels are displayed
}

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