[R] does column exist?

Chuck Cleland ccleland at optonline.net
Thu May 19 19:50:57 CEST 2005


How about is.null(df$X)==FALSE ?

Omar Lakkis wrote:
> How do I test if a data.frame has a column named X?
> exists(o) checks if the object exists or not, I want to test if a
> data.frame object (df) has a column names(X), something like:
> exists(df$X)
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> 
> 

-- 
Chuck Cleland, Ph.D.
NDRI, Inc.
71 West 23rd Street, 8th floor
New York, NY 10010
tel: (212) 845-4495 (Tu, Th)
tel: (732) 452-1424 (M, W, F)
fax: (917) 438-0894




More information about the R-help mailing list