Hi
I want to extract columns from a data frame using a vector with the desired
column names.
This short example uses the select argument in the subset function to
accomplish what I am trying to do. Is there a better solution?
#names of desired columns
colnames <- c("col1","col3")
#my data
data <- data.frame("col1"=c(1,2,3),"col2"=c("A","B","C"),"col3"=c(4,5,6))
fun <- function(colname,dframe){
nframe <- subset(dframe,select=colname)
vec <- nframe[,1]
return(vec)
}
fun(colnames[1],data)
fun(colnames[2],data)
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