I know if I have a data frame with more than 1 column, I can use

colnames(x) <- c("col1","col2")

to rename the columns. How do I do this if it's just one column? Meaning a vector or data frame with only one column in it.

Example:

trSamp <- data.frame(sample(trainer$index, 10000))
head(trSamp )
#   sample.trainer.index..10000.
# 1                      5907862
# 2                      2181266
# 3                      7368504
# 4                      1949790
# 5                      3475174
# 6                      6062879

ncol(trSamp)
# [1] 1
class(trSamp)
# [1] "data.frame"
class(trSamp[1])
# [1] "data.frame"
class(trSamp[,1])
# [1] "numeric"
colnames(trSamp)[2] <- "newname2"
# Error in names(x) <- value : 
#   'names' attribute [2] must be the same length as the vector [1]