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Convert Values in Column into Row Names of DataFrame in R

data_frame <- data.frame(col1=letters[1:4],
                         col2=6,col3=c(5:8))
  
print("Original dataframe")
print(data_frame)
  
# reassigning row names
rownames(data_frame) <- data_frame$col1
print("Modified dataframe")
print(data_frame)

Convert Values in Column into Row Names of DataFrame in R

[1] "Original dataframe"
 col1 col2 col3
1    a    6    5
2    b    6    6
3    c    6    7
4    d    6    8
[1] "Modified dataframe"
 col1 col2 col3
a    a    6    5
b    b    6    6
c    c    6    7
d    d    6    8