Thanks might be easier in my case because I have so many variables. Could have found this solution on my own.
Birgit Rogers, James A [PGRD Groton] wrote: > > > Birgit Lemcke wrote: > >> I have a dataframe and two of my variables are in the wrong position >> and I would like to swap those variables. > > In addition to the other solutions posted, if you prefer to reference > the columns by name rather than by index, you could use subset() > > dat <- data.frame(a = letters[1:3], b = LETTERS[1:3], c = 1:3, d = 3:1) > > subset(dat, select = c(b, a, c, d)) > ## or equivalently, something like: > subset(dat, select = c(b:a, c:d)) > > > --Jim > > James A. Rogers, Ph.D. > Associate Director, Neuroscience Statistics > Pfizer Global R&D New London > 50 Pequot Avenue (MS 6025-B2131) > New London, CT 06320 > office: (860) 732-0783 > cell: (860) 501-7228 > fax: (860) 686-7866 > > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ----- The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. (Marcus Aurelius) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Swap-variables-in-data.frame-tp17597476p17626237.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
