Re: [R] referring to a data-frame column using a variable

Or dat[,c1] -Don At 8:49 AM +1300 11/13/07, Rolf Turner wrote: >On 13/11/2007, at 8:42 AM, Bernd Jagla wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I would like to refer to a column in a data frame using a variable. >> How >> would I do this? >> >> >> >> Something like: >> >> >> >> c1<-"column1" >> >>

Re: [R] referring to a data-frame column using a variable

On 13/11/2007, at 8:42 AM, Bernd Jagla wrote: > Hi, > > > > I would like to refer to a column in a data frame using a variable. > How > would I do this? > > > > Something like: > > > > c1<-"column1" > > dat${c1} > > > > where names(dat) includes 'column1' Use dat[[c1]].

[R] referring to a data-frame column using a variable

Hi, I would like to refer to a column in a data frame using a variable. How would I do this? Something like: c1<-"column1" dat${c1} where names(dat) includes 'column1' Thanks, Bernd [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ___