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On May 21, 2011, at 7:37, Lars Bishop <lars...@gmail.com> wrote: > Let's say I have the data frame 'dd' below. I'd like to select one > column from this data frame (say 'a') and keep its name in the > resulting data frame. That can be done as in #2. However, what if I > want to make my selection based on a vector of names (and again keep > those names in the resulting data frame). My attempt is #4 but doesn't > work. > > dd <- data.frame(a = gl(3,4), b = gl(4,1,12), c=rnorm(12)) #1 > data.frame("a" = dd[,"a"]) #2 > > mynames <- "a" #3 > data.frame(eval(mynames) = dd[, mynames]) #4 > > thanks, > Lars. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.