[R] alternative to subset(dataframe, select = - column) in R

[Bert Gunter]

x <- new[-match("ID"), names(new))]

Bert Gunter

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On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 7:10 AM Luigi Marongiu <marongiu.luigi using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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