Add (insert) a column between two columns in a data.frame

I would suggest you to use the function add_column() from the tibble package.

library(tibble)
dataset <- data.frame(a = 1:5, b = 2:6, c=3:7)
add_column(dataset, d = 4:8, .after = 2)

Note that you can use column names instead of column index :

add_column(dataset, d = 4:8, .after = "b")

Or use argument .before instead of .after if more convenient.

add_column(dataset, d = 4:8, .before = "c")

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