Thank you! ``` new_out <- new[ , "ID" != names( new ) ] new[names(new) != "ID"] ``` worked as wanted, `new[-match("ID"), names(new)]` gave the error: `Error in match("ID") : argument "table" is missing, with no default`. Cheers
On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 7:33 PM Rui Barradas <ruipbarra...@sapo.pt> wrote: > > Hello, > > Like this? > > > mtcars[names(mtcars) != "mpg"] > > > Hope this helps, > > Rui Barradas > > Às 15:09 de 24/09/21, Luigi Marongiu escreveu: > > 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 > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > 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. > > -- Best regards, Luigi ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.