dplyr (version 0.1.3)

select_vars: Select variables.

Description

Select variables.

Usage

select_vars(vars, ..., env = parent.frame())

Arguments

vars

A character vector of existing column names.

...

Expressions to compute

Value

A named character vector. Values are existing column names, names are new names.

Examples

# Keep variables
select_vars(names(iris), starts_with("Petal"))
select_vars(names(iris), ends_with("Width"))
select_vars(names(iris), contains("etal"))
select_vars(names(iris), matches(".t."))
select_vars(names(iris), Petal.Length, Petal.Width)

df <- as.data.frame(matrix(runif(100), nrow = 10))
df <- df[c(3, 4, 7, 1, 9, 8, 5, 2, 6, 10)]
select_vars(names(df), num_range("V", 4:6))

# Drop variables
select_vars(names(iris), -starts_with("Petal"))
select_vars(names(iris), -ends_with("Width"))
select_vars(names(iris), -contains("etal"))
select_vars(names(iris), -matches(".t."))
select_vars(names(iris), -Petal.Length, -Petal.Width)

# Rename variables
select_vars(names(iris), petal_length = Petal.Length)
select_vars(names(iris), petal = starts_with("Petal"))

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