DataCombine (version 0.1.8)

MoveFront: Move variables to the front of a data frame.

Description

MoveFront moves variables to the front of a data frame.

Usage

MoveFront(data, Var)

Arguments

data

a data frame object containing the variable you want to move.

Var

a character vector naming the variables you would like to move to the front of the data frame. The order of the variables should match the order you want them to have in the data frame, i.e. the first variable in the vector will be the first varia

source

Based on a Stack Overflow answer written by rcs:

Examples

# Create dummy data
A <- B <- C <- 1:50
OldOrder <- data.frame(A, B, C)

# Move C to front
NewOrder1 <- MoveFront(OldOrder, "C")
names(NewOrder1)

# Move B and A to the front
NewOrder2 <- MoveFront(OldOrder, c("B", "A"))
names(NewOrder2)