On Jun 22, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Joseph Boyer wrote:
Why doesn't this work? #Drop a variable name from a data frame DropLikeSAS <- function(x,df) { df[[x]] <- NULL 0 } DropLikeSAS("VarName", DataFrameName)Try it. The column VarName will not be deleted from the data frame DataFrameName.But x <- "VarName" DataFrameName[[x]] <- NULL Works. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
David Winsemius, MD West Hartford, CT ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
