> df <- data.frame(x = runif(10), y = runif(10), z = runif(10))
> colnames <- names(df)
> df2 <- df[!colnames %in% c("x", "y")]
> df2

Cheers!!
Albert-Jan

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--- On Mon, 5/31/10, suman dhara <suman.dhara89@gmail.com> wrote:


From: suman dhara <suman.dhara89@gmail.com>
Subject: [R] getting the column name of a data frame
To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 7:33 AM


Sir,
I want to store the column name of a data frame as a vector and use the
vector to remove a column of the data frame ,if required.


Thanks,
Suman Dhara

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