> dataset<-data.frame(a=1:10,b=c(0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0),c=rep(0,10))
> apply(dataset,2,function(x) all(x==0))
a b c
FALSE FALSE TRUE
> dataset[,!apply(dataset,2,function(x) all(x==0))]
a b
1 1 0
2 2 0
3 3 0
4 4 1
5 5 0
6 6 0
7 7 0
8 8 0
9 9 1
10 10 0
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Francisco <franciscororol...@google.com>wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a dataset with 40 variables, some of them are always 0 (each row).
> I would like to make a subset containing only the columns which values are
> not all 0, but I don't know how to do it.
>
> I tried:
>
> for(cut_column in 1:40) {
>
> if(sum(dataset[,cut_column])!=**0) {
> columns_useful<-c(columns_**
> useful,dataset[cut_column])
>
> }
> }
>
> sorted_dataset<-subset(**dataset, select=columns_useful)
>
> But it doesn't work.
> Thank you
>
> Francisco
>
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