test$Y<-NULL test["Z"]<-NULL
>>> Todd Ogden <to...@columbia.edu> 23/02/2010 16:02:01 >>> There might be more elegant ways, but this will do it: test<-test[-match("Y",names(test))] On Feb 23, 2010, at 7:04 AM, Knut Krueger wrote: > Hi to all, > test <- data.frame("X"=c(1:4),"Y"=c(5:8),"Z"=c(8:11)) > test <- test[,-2] > > Is there a way to specify the col name "Y" to delete instead the > number? > > Kind regards Knut > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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. ******************************************************************* This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use...{{dropped:8}} ______________________________________________ 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.