Submitted by: Michele Carriero; Assigned to: Arun ; [R-Forge link](https://r-forge.r-project.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=5290&group_id=240&atid=978) In the same way `.N` gets named as `N`, the same should happen for `.I` ``` S dt <- data.table(a=sample(letters, 5), b=rnorm(5)) dt[, list(.N, .I)] # N .I #1: 5 1 #2: 5 2 #3: 5 3 #4: 5 4 #5: 5 5 ```