Поскольку вам нужны повторяющиеся столбцы, вы можете просто переиндексировать фрейм данных и затем обновить имена столбцов
df <- structure(list(`2000` = 1L, Q1.01 = 2L, Q2.01 = 3L, Q3.01 = 3L,
`2002` = 1L, Q1.03 = 2L, Q2.03 = 3L, Q3.03 = 3L), row.names = c(NA,
-1L), class = "data.frame")
#> df
#2000 Q1.01 Q2.01 Q3.01 2002 Q1.03 Q2.03 Q3.03
#1 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 3
# Get indices of columns that consist of 4 numbers
col.ids <- grep('^[0-9]{4}$', names(df))
# For each of those, create new names, and for the rest preserve the old names
new.names <- lapply(seq_along(df), function(i) {
if (i %in% col.ids)
return(paste(substr(names(df)[i], 3, 4), c('Q1', 'Q2', 'Q3', 'Q4'), sep = '.'))
return(names(df)[i])
})
# Now repeat each of those columns 4 times
df <- df[rep(seq_along(df), ifelse(seq_along(df) %in% col.ids, 4, 1))]
# ...and finally set the column names to the desired new names
names(df) <- unlist(new.names)
#> df
#00.Q1 00.Q2 00.Q3 00.Q4 Q1.01 Q2.01 Q3.01 02.Q1 02.Q2 02.Q3 02.Q4 Q1.03 Q2.03 Q3.03
#1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 3