Re: [R] how to use a column name from the data frame in the function

Hi, On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > Please don't post in HTML format... it messes with code examples. > > Use character indexing (please read the Introduction to R... again if > necessary). > > myf <- function(df, colname){ > df[ ,colname ] > } Or df[[colname]] for da

Re: [R] how to use a column name from the data frame in the function

Please don't post in HTML format... it messes with code examples. Use character indexing (please read the Introduction to R... again if necessary). myf <- function(df, colname){ df[ ,colname ] } colname <- "a" myf(m,colname) Until you learn simple R syntax, I strongly recommend avoiding wri