dplyr::rename returns an error in R version 3.4.3 but not in 3.4.2
Hello,
using rename, for example:
df = data.frame(old = 1:3) %>% rename(new = old) throws an error:
Error: new = old must be a symbol or a string, not formula
The above is in R 3.4.3
In R 3.4.2 it works as expected.
I do not know if this is a known issue, but just came to my attention and wanted to let you know.
Dimitris
dpolychr
All 9 comments
See https://github.com/tidyverse/dplyr/issues/3239#issuecomment-348804671
That was in 3.4.2, though, so I'll have to check and see. What version of dplyr are you running? Could you make a reprex?
batpigandme
on 15 Dec 2017
A lot of other people seeing this issue had a development version of rlang installed. You might want to check that with packageVersion("rlang") (current CRAN is 0.1.4, something ending in extra nines is common for development versions).
JohnMount
on 16 Dec 2017
👍1
Thanks, John. @dpolychr, if you could make a reprex, or post your sessionInfo, that'd be great. Thanks.
batpigandme
on 16 Dec 2017
👍1
I've had this problem recently too. John is correct.
This is likely a non-issue though, just something to be aware of. Just tell people to be consistent in their use of dev / CRAN versions of dplyr & rlang. Looks like it gets fixed by using tidyselect::vars_rename() in rename() rather than rename_vars().
Works - CRAN dplyr & rlang
# install.packages("dplyr")
# install.packages("rlang")
library(dplyr)
library(rlang)
iris %>%
as_tibble() %>%
rename(my_species = Species)
#> # A tibble: 150 x 5
#> Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width my_species
#> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <fctr>
#> 1 5.10 3.50 1.40 0.200 setosa
#> 2 4.90 3.00 1.40 0.200 setosa
#> 3 4.70 3.20 1.30 0.200 setosa
#> 4 4.60 3.10 1.50 0.200 setosa
#> 5 5.00 3.60 1.40 0.200 setosa
#> 6 5.40 3.90 1.70 0.400 setosa
#> 7 4.60 3.40 1.40 0.300 setosa
#> 8 5.00 3.40 1.50 0.200 setosa
#> 9 4.40 2.90 1.40 0.200 setosa
#> 10 4.90 3.10 1.50 0.100 setosa
#> # ... with 140 more rows
devtools::session_info()
#> Session info -------------------------------------------------------------
#> setting value
#> version R version 3.4.2 Patched (2017-10-05 r73475)
#> system x86_64, darwin15.6.0
#> ui X11
#> language (EN)
#> collate en_US.UTF-8
#> tz <NA>
#> date 2017-12-17
#> Packages -----------------------------------------------------------------
#> package * version date
#> assertthat 0.2.0 2017-04-11
#> backports 1.1.0 2017-05-22
#> base * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> bindr 0.1 2016-11-13
#> bindrcpp 0.2 2017-06-17
#> compiler 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> datasets * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> devtools 1.13.3 2017-08-02
#> digest 0.6.12 2017-01-27
#> dplyr * 0.7.4 2017-09-28
#> evaluate 0.10.1 2017-06-24
#> glue 1.2.0 2017-10-29
#> graphics * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> grDevices * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> htmltools 0.3.6 2017-04-28
#> knitr 1.17 2017-08-10
#> magrittr 1.5 2014-11-22
#> memoise 1.1.0 2017-10-26
#> methods * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> pillar 0.0.0.9000 2017-11-29
#> pkgconfig 2.0.1 2017-03-21
#> R6 2.2.2 2017-06-17
#> Rcpp 0.12.14 2017-11-23
#> rlang * 0.1.4 2017-11-05
#> rmarkdown 1.6.0.9004 2017-09-23
#> rprojroot 1.2 2017-01-16
#> stats * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> stringi 1.1.5 2017-04-07
#> stringr 1.2.0 2017-02-18
#> tibble 1.3.4.9003 2017-11-29
#> tools 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> utils * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> withr 2.1.0.9000 2017-11-29
#> yaml 2.1.14 2016-11-12
#> source
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.1)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.2)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> cran (@1.2.0)
#> local
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> cran (@1.17)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> Github (hadley/memoise@d63ae9c)
#> local
#> Github (r-lib/pillar@5a082e1)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.3)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.2)
#> Github (DavisVaughan/rmarkdown@f85ba35)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> Github (tidyverse/tibble@60281b3)
#> local
#> local
#> Github (jimhester/withr@fe81c00)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
Fails - CRAN dplyr, but dev rlang
# devtools::install_github("tidyverse/rlang")
# restart R
library(dplyr)
library(rlang)
iris %>%
as_tibble() %>%
rename(my_species = Species)
#> Error: `my_species` = Species must be a symbol or a string, not formula
devtools::session_info()
#> Session info -------------------------------------------------------------
#> setting value
#> version R version 3.4.2 Patched (2017-10-05 r73475)
#> system x86_64, darwin15.6.0
#> ui X11
#> language (EN)
#> collate en_US.UTF-8
#> tz <NA>
#> date 2017-12-17
#> Packages -----------------------------------------------------------------
#> package * version date
#> assertthat 0.2.0 2017-04-11
#> backports 1.1.0 2017-05-22
#> base * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> bindr 0.1 2016-11-13
#> bindrcpp 0.2 2017-06-17
#> compiler 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> datasets * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> devtools 1.13.3 2017-08-02
#> digest 0.6.12 2017-01-27
#> dplyr * 0.7.4 2017-09-28
#> evaluate 0.10.1 2017-06-24
#> glue 1.2.0 2017-10-29
#> graphics * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> grDevices * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> htmltools 0.3.6 2017-04-28
#> knitr 1.17 2017-08-10
#> magrittr 1.5 2014-11-22
#> memoise 1.1.0 2017-10-26
#> methods * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> pillar 0.0.0.9000 2017-11-29
#> pkgconfig 2.0.1 2017-03-21
#> R6 2.2.2 2017-06-17
#> Rcpp 0.12.14 2017-11-23
#> rlang * 0.1.4.9000 2017-12-17
#> rmarkdown 1.6.0.9004 2017-09-23
#> rprojroot 1.2 2017-01-16
#> stats * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> stringi 1.1.5 2017-04-07
#> stringr 1.2.0 2017-02-18
#> tibble 1.3.4.9003 2017-11-29
#> tools 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> utils * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> withr 2.1.0.9000 2017-11-29
#> yaml 2.1.14 2016-11-12
#> source
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.1)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.2)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> cran (@1.2.0)
#> local
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> cran (@1.17)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> Github (hadley/memoise@d63ae9c)
#> local
#> Github (r-lib/pillar@5a082e1)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.3)
#> Github (tidyverse/rlang@cc7587c)
#> Github (DavisVaughan/rmarkdown@f85ba35)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> Github (tidyverse/tibble@60281b3)
#> local
#> local
#> Github (jimhester/withr@fe81c00)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
Works - dev dplyr & rlang
# devtools::install_github("tidyverse/rlang")
# devtools::install_github("tidyverse/dplyr")
# restart R
library(dplyr)
library(rlang)
iris %>%
as_tibble() %>%
rename(my_species = Species)
#> # A tibble: 150 x 5
#> Sepal.Length Sepal.Width Petal.Length Petal.Width my_species
#> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <fctr>
#> 1 5.10 3.50 1.40 0.200 setosa
#> 2 4.90 3.00 1.40 0.200 setosa
#> 3 4.70 3.20 1.30 0.200 setosa
#> 4 4.60 3.10 1.50 0.200 setosa
#> 5 5.00 3.60 1.40 0.200 setosa
#> 6 5.40 3.90 1.70 0.400 setosa
#> 7 4.60 3.40 1.40 0.300 setosa
#> 8 5.00 3.40 1.50 0.200 setosa
#> 9 4.40 2.90 1.40 0.200 setosa
#> 10 4.90 3.10 1.50 0.100 setosa
#> # ... with 140 more rows
devtools::session_info()
#> Session info -------------------------------------------------------------
#> setting value
#> version R version 3.4.2 Patched (2017-10-05 r73475)
#> system x86_64, darwin15.6.0
#> ui X11
#> language (EN)
#> collate en_US.UTF-8
#> tz <NA>
#> date 2017-12-17
#> Packages -----------------------------------------------------------------
#> package * version date
#> assertthat 0.2.0 2017-04-11
#> backports 1.1.0 2017-05-22
#> base * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> bindr 0.1 2016-11-13
#> bindrcpp 0.2 2017-06-17
#> compiler 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> datasets * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> devtools 1.13.3 2017-08-02
#> digest 0.6.12 2017-01-27
#> dplyr * 0.7.4.9000 2017-12-17
#> evaluate 0.10.1 2017-06-24
#> glue 1.2.0 2017-10-29
#> graphics * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> grDevices * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> htmltools 0.3.6 2017-04-28
#> knitr 1.17 2017-08-10
#> magrittr 1.5 2014-11-22
#> memoise 1.1.0 2017-10-26
#> methods * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> pillar 0.0.0.9000 2017-11-29
#> pkgconfig 2.0.1 2017-03-21
#> purrr 0.2.4.9000 2017-11-02
#> R6 2.2.2 2017-06-17
#> Rcpp 0.12.14 2017-11-23
#> rlang * 0.1.4.9000 2017-12-17
#> rmarkdown 1.6.0.9004 2017-09-23
#> rprojroot 1.2 2017-01-16
#> stats * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> stringi 1.1.5 2017-04-07
#> stringr 1.2.0 2017-02-18
#> tibble 1.3.4.9003 2017-11-29
#> tidyselect 0.2.3 2017-11-06
#> tools 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> utils * 3.4.2 2017-10-06
#> withr 2.1.0.9000 2017-11-29
#> yaml 2.1.14 2016-11-12
#> source
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.1)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> Github (tidyverse/dplyr@85e31dd)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> cran (@1.2.0)
#> local
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> cran (@1.17)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> Github (hadley/memoise@d63ae9c)
#> local
#> Github (r-lib/pillar@5a082e1)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.3)
#> Github (tidyverse/rlang@cc7587c)
#> Github (DavisVaughan/rmarkdown@f85ba35)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> local
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
#> Github (tidyverse/tibble@60281b3)
#> cran (@0.2.3)
#> local
#> local
#> Github (jimhester/withr@fe81c00)
#> CRAN (R 3.4.0)
DavisVaughan
on 17 Dec 2017
👍7
Thanks, @DavisVaughan. 馃憤 cc @lionel-
batpigandme
on 17 Dec 2017
Please pump tidyverse's minimum version requirement of rlang so that install.packages("tidyverse") solves this.
michaellevy
on 26 Dec 2017
@michaellevy the problem with that is that it's not a minimum version issue, it's a _matching_ version issue with dplyr and rlang. (See @DavisVaughan's code above). That's not to say that it doesn't have a solution, just that install.packages("tidyverse") (having the CRAN version), would suffer with a newer (i.e. the dev version of) rlang.
batpigandme
on 26 Dec 2017
I have set rlang >= 0.1.6, this should at least resolve the case where users install the development version of dplyr.
krlmlr
on 27 Dec 2017
👍2
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I've had this problem recently too. John is correct.
This is likely a non-issue though, just something to be aware of. Just tell people to be consistent in their use of dev / CRAN versions of dplyr & rlang. Looks like it gets fixed by using
tidyselect::vars_rename()inrename()rather thanrename_vars().Works - CRAN dplyr & rlang
Fails - CRAN dplyr, but dev rlang
Works - dev dplyr & rlang