[R] combine column names

[SEUNG CHEON HONG]

Dear R-list,

Is there any way I can extract part or whole column name from two
variables and combine them? Not values, but column names. 
For example,
I have data set with 70 variables. The column names are "Alfalfa",
"Corn","Soybean",..."Sunflower". After I combine the two variable (say
Alfalfa and Corn), I want to rename it as "AlfCor" or "AlfalfaCorn"
automatically not manually. 

In excel, I found the function combining two texts in individual
columns using (=A1&B1, if you want to combine texts in the two cells.).

Thank you very much in advance!

Steve Hong







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