[R] Deleting multiple variables

[Andrew Robinson]

Mike,

how about

M_UC <- M_UC[,-(myvars[1]:myvars[2])]

?

Andrew

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:04:34PM +0100, Michael Pearmain wrote:
> Hi All,
> i have searched the web for a simple solution but have been unable to find
> one.  Can anyone recommend a neat way of deleting multiple variable?
> I see, i need to use dataframe$VAR<-NULL to get rid of one variable,
> In my situation i need to delete all vars between two points.
> 
> I've used the 'which' function to find these out and have assigned to myvar
> >myvars
> [1]  2 17
> 
> but i can't figure out how i should apply this?
> 
> Should i loop through the values? (Psydo code below?)
> 
> for (x in c(myvars[1]:myvars[2]))
> (M_UC$x<-NULL))
> 
> Any help gratful
> 
> Mike
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