Modify Data of a Data Frame with an Expression in R Programming - with() Function

with() function in R Language is used to modify data of a data frame by evaluating an expression within the arguments of the function.

Syntax: with(x, expr)

Parameters:
x: Data frame
expr: Expression to modify data

Example 1:

# R program to modify data of an object 
  
# Calling predefined data set 
BOD 
  
# Calling with() function 
with(BOD, {BOD$demand <- BOD$demand + 1; print(BOD$demand)}) 

Output:

  Time demand
1    1    8.3
2    2   10.3
3    3   19.0
4    4   16.0
5    5   15.6
6    7   19.8
[1]  9.3 11.3 20.0 17.0 16.6 20.8

Example 2:

# R program to modify data of an object 
  
# Creating a data frame 
df = data.frame(  
  "Name" = c("abc", "def", "ghi"),  
  "Language" = c("R", "Python", "Java"),  
  "Age" = c(22, 25, 45)  
)  
df 
  
# Calling with() function 
with(df, {df$Age <- df$Age + 10; print(df$Age)}) 

Output:

  Name Language Age
1  abc        R  22
2  def   Python  25
3  ghi     Java  45
[1] 32 35 55

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