There are several ways to do it. Here's one: fakedata <- data.frame(col1 = runif(10), col2 = runif(10), col3 = runif(10)) delete <- c("col1", "col3") fakedata2 <- fakedata[, !(colnames(fakedata) %in% delete), drop=FALSE]
Sarah 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". > -- Sarah Goslee http://www.functionaldiversity.org ______________________________________________ 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.