This function sets a label to a variable, by storing a character string to its label attribute.

label(var) <- value

Arguments

var

a variable (see is.variable for details)

value

a character value that is to be set as variable label

See also

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
label(mtcars$mpg) <- "fuel consumption"
x <- rnorm(100)
(label(x) <- "pseudo-random normal variable")
} # }