Dear Anne, Check out http://www.nabble.com/correct-way-to-subset-a-vector-to24412577.html#a24412577
for alternatives. HTH, Jorge On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Anne Skoeries <h...@anne-skoeries.de>wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to remove multiple columns by name from a data.frame. As a > result I need to get back the modified data.frame without the removed > columns. My columns I want to delete are listed in a vector called > "delete". > > data <- read.csv2("data.csv") > delete <- c("col1", "col2", "col3") > > newData <- subset(data, select = delete) > newData <- data[delete] > > If I try one of the above shown solutions, it only gives me back the > columns I want to delete. But I need the exact opposite. > > newData <- subset(data, select = -delete) > newData <- data[-delete] > > But as I try the way with a minus I'll get the message: "invalid > argument to unary operator" > > There must be a simple way to delete all of the columns, but I just > don't get it. > Thanks for your help, > -- > Anne Skoeries > > > > [[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. > [[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.