validNames function

Create valid names

Create valid names

Create a set of valid names (trimmed, no duplicates, not starting with a number).

validNames(x, prefix='layer')

Arguments

  • x: character
  • prefix: character string used if x is empty

Returns

character

See Also

make.names

Examples

validNames(c('a', 'a', '', '1', NA, 'b', 'a'))
  • Maintainer: Robert J. Hijmans
  • License: GPL (>= 3)
  • Last published: 2025-03-28