Converting two columns of a data frame to a named vector
Solution 1:
Use the names function:
whatyouwant <- as.character(dd$name)
names(whatyouwant) <- dd$crit
as.character is necessary, because data.frame and read.table turn characters into factors with default settings.
If you want a one-liner:
whatyouwant <- setNames(as.character(dd$name), dd$crit)
Solution 2:
You can also use deframe(x) from the tibble package for this.
tibble::deframe()
It converts the first column to names and second column to values.