Dear all, I'd like to subset a df within a function, and use select for choosing the variable. Something like (simplified example): mydf <- data.frame(a= 0:9, b= 10:19) ttt <- function(vv) { tmpdf <- subset(mydf, select= vv) mean(tmpdf$vv) } ttt(mydf$b) But this is not the correct way. Any help? Thanks in advance Juli