[R] Accessing a field in a data fram

[jim holtman]

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decision <- "one"
raw[[decision]]

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:10 PM, R_Learner <sschiang8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> raw <- read.csv(file=filename, head=TRUE,sep=",")
>
> I've read in a csv file, and I'm looking to access a column whose name is
> held in a string.
>
> For example, I want to access raw$one or raw$two, but this will depending on
> the string. Let's say that the string is decision<-"one". How would I access
> raw$one?
>
> The following doesn't work:
> numbers<-raw$decision
>
> Please help me!
> Thanks!
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