On Oct 5, 2013, at 00:47 , Rolf Turner wrote: > On 10/05/13 05:15, John Kane wrote: >> X[,names(X)[4]] works fine for me. I had never thought of doing this. >> Neat idea. > > Perhaps I am being obtuse, but how would X[,names(X)[4]] differ from X[,4]?
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