[R] alternative to subset(dataframe, select = - column) in R

[Bert Gunter]

typo. Correction:

x <- new[-match("ID", names(new))]

Bert Gunter

"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
and sticking things into it."
-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 7:31 AM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> x <- new[-match("ID"), names(new))]
>
> Bert Gunter
>
> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
> and sticking things into it."
> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 7:10 AM Luigi Marongiu <marongiu.luigi using gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > this is a very simple question but...
> > what is the vector alternative to `subset(dataframe, select = - column)`?
> > I tried with:
> > ```
> > > x = new[-ID]
> > Error in `[.data.frame`(new, -ID) : object 'ID' not found
> > > x = new[-"ID"]
> > Error in -"ID" : invalid argument to unary operator
> > > x = new[[-"ID"]]
> > Error in -"ID" : invalid argument to unary operator
> > > x = new[-["ID"]]
> > Error: unexpected '[' in "x = new[-["
> > ```
> > Thank you
> >
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