tidytable (version 0.5.8)

select.: Select or drop columns

Description

Select or drop columns from a data.table

Usage

select.(.df, ...)

Arguments

.df

A data.frame or data.table

...

Columns to select or drop. Use named arguments, e.g. new_name = old_name, to rename selected variables. tidyselect compatible.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
test_df <- data.table(
  x = c(1,1,1),
  y = c(4,5,6),
  double_x = c(2,2,2),
  z = c("a","a","b"))

test_df %>%
  select.(x, y)

test_df %>%
  select.(x:z)

test_df %>%
  select.(-y, -z)

test_df %>%
  select.(starts_with("x"), z)

test_df %>%
  select.(where(is.character), x)

test_df %>%
  select.(stuff = x, y)
# }