[R] extract columns using their names
Petr Pikal
petr.pikal at precheza.cz
Thu May 27 16:32:35 CEST 2004
On 27 May 2004 at 17:19, Adrian Dusa wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to extract multiple columns from a dataframe using
> their names instead of their numbers?
>
> Currently I use:
>
> data2 <- data1[, c(1,3,9)]
>
> And I am looking for something like
>
> data2 <- data1[, c("XX","YY","ZZ")]
Hi
Did you try it? Works on R 1.9.0 W2000
> data1<-data.frame(alfa=rnorm(10),beta=rnorm(10,5),gama=rnorm(10,.1))
> data1
alfa beta gama
1 -0.68536013 5.310451 1.55570932
2 -0.43824815 4.998961 0.51348779
3 -1.20083111 4.585788 0.68135905
4 -0.07962607 6.443884 0.05560703
5 -0.03044263 5.355516 -0.16195279
6 -0.19878437 4.142789 0.07888565
7 1.90507619 4.691988 0.88832135
8 -0.51817154 4.844728 -0.80310925
9 -1.19614142 4.457188 -1.00103103
10 0.50957999 6.178542 -1.06628714
> data1[,c("alfa","gama")]
alfa gama
1 -0.68536013 1.55570932
2 -0.43824815 0.51348779
3 -1.20083111 0.68135905
4 -0.07962607 0.05560703
5 -0.03044263 -0.16195279
6 -0.19878437 0.07888565
7 1.90507619 0.88832135
8 -0.51817154 -0.80310925
9 -1.19614142 -1.00103103
10 0.50957999 -1.06628714
Cheers
Petr
>
>
> I use the same dataframe for many purposes, and I run codes that
> change the order of the columns every time.
>
> Many thanks,
> Adrian
>
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