Choose Specific Columns of a Data Frame in R Programming - select() Function
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19 Jun, 2020
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select() function in R Language is used to choose whether a column of the data frame is selected or not.
Syntax: select(x, expr) Parameters: x: Data frame expr: condition for selectionExample 1:
# R program to select specific columns
# Loading library
library(dplyr)
# Create a data frame
d <- data.frame( name = c("Abhi", "Bhavesh", "Chaman", "Dimri"),
age = c(7, 5, 9, 16),
ht = c(46, NA, NA, 69),
school = c("yes", "yes", "no", "no") )
# startswith() function to print only ht data
select(d, starts_with("ht"))
# -startswith() function to
# print everything except ht data
select(d, -starts_with("ht"))
ht
1 46
2 NA
3 NA
4 69
name age school
1 Abhi 7 yes
2 Bhavesh 5 yes
3 Chaman 9 no
4 Dimri 16 no
Example 2:
# R program to select specific columns
# Loading library
library(dplyr)
# Create a data frame
d <- data.frame( name = c("Abhi", "Bhavesh", "Chaman", "Dimri"),
age = c(7, 5, 9, 16),
ht = c(46, NA, NA, 69),
school = c("yes", "yes", "no", "no") )
# Printing column 1 to 2
select(d, 1:2)
# Printing data of column heading containing 'a'
select(d, contains("a"))
# Printing data of column heading which matches 'na'
select(d, matches("na"))
name age
1 Abhi 7
2 Bhavesh 5
3 Chaman 9
4 Dimri 16
name age
1 Abhi 7
2 Bhavesh 5
3 Chaman 9
4 Dimri 16
name
1 Abhi
2 Bhavesh
3 Chaman
4 Dimri
