Re: [R] Addressing Columns in a Data Frame

2013-02-09 Thread Jim Holtman
Try DF [[mn [2]]] Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone Original message From: Lorenzo Isella Date: 02/09/2013 8:40 AM (GMT-05:00) To: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] Addressing Columns in a Data Frame Dear All, Probably a one liner, but I am banging

Re: [R] Addressing Columns in a Data Frame

2013-02-09 Thread Denis Francisci
I don't know if I understood your problem, but maybe you can retrieve your columns simply in this way: > DF$y [1] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 or (for looking at column) > DF[2] y 1 10 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6 6 5 7 4 8 3 9 2 10 1 Bye D. 2013/2/9 Lorenzo Isella : > Dear All, > Pr

Re: [R] Addressing Columns in a Data Frame

2013-02-09 Thread Michael Weylandt
On Feb 9, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Lorenzo Isella wrote: > Dear All, > Probably a one liner, but I am banging my head against the floor. > Consider the following > > DF <- data.frame( > x=1:10, > y=10:1, > z=rep(5,10), > a=11:20 > ) > > mn<-names(DF) > > but then I cannot retrieve a column

[R] Addressing Columns in a Data Frame

2013-02-09 Thread Lorenzo Isella
Dear All, Probably a one liner, but I am banging my head against the floor. Consider the following DF <- data.frame( x=1:10, y=10:1, z=rep(5,10), a=11:20 ) mn<-names(DF) but then I cannot retrieve a column by doing e.g, DF$mn[2] I tried to play with the quotes and so on, but so f