Hi Erin,

One option woild be subset(), especially the "select" parameter.

HTH,
Jorge


On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:45 PM, Erin Hodgess <> wrote:

> Dear R People:
>
> I have a data frame, xm1, which has 12 rows and 4 columns.
>
> If I put is xm1[,-4], I get all rows, and columns 1 - 3, which is as
> it should be.
>
> Now, is there a way to use the names of the columns to omit them, please?
>
> Thanks so much in advance!
>
> Sincerely,
> Erin
>
>
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