There are several ways to do it. Here's one:
fakedata <- data.frame(col1 = runif(10), col2 = runif(10), col3 = runif(10))
delete <- c("col1", "col3")
fakedata2 <- fakedata[, !(colnames(fakedata) %in% delete), drop=FALSE]
Sarah
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Anne Skoeries<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to remove multiple columns by name from a data.frame. As a
> result I need to get back the modified data.frame without the removed
> columns. My columns I want to delete are listed in a vector called
> "delete".
>
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Sarah Goslee
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