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Message-ID: <fd59cf83-5194-59a9-fe6d-deb9d72d61da@sapo.pt>
Date: 2021-09-24T17:33:21Z
From: Rui Barradas
Subject: alternative to subset(dataframe, select = - column) in R
In-Reply-To: <CAMk+s2QCgRgUa+fzoQ1c749T8kjThstcBgDW0NbMsLxHONPZDQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

Like this?


mtcars[names(mtcars) != "mpg"]


Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

?s 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
> 
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