Try this:
mydf <- data.frame(s8v2=rnorm(10), s12v3=runif(10), s1a5=rnorm(10),
s6v1=rnorm(10))
pos <- match(c('s8v2', 's1a5'), names(mydf))
mydf[,seq(pos[1], pos[2])]
On 21/02/2008, Werner Wernersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you very much, Henrique! The comment function is
> exactly what I was looking for.
>
> Regarding 1) why example was bad: The column names
> don't follow an easy pattern but are more like "s8v2",
> "s12v3", "s6v1" etc.
>
> Kind regards,
> Werner
>
>
> --- Henrique Dallazuanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
>
>
> > Try this:
> >
> > 1)
> > mydf[1,paste("col", 4:8, sep="")]
> >
> > 2) You can use comment function:
> >
> > comment(mydf) <- c("Column number1", "Column
> > number2")
> >
> > or
> >
> > comment(mydf$col1) <- "Column number1 etc"
> >
> > then
> >
> > comment(mydf) and comment(mydf$col1) to see the
> > labels
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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